Recovery of very dilute acetic acid using ion exchange
Date
1995
Authors
Cloete F.L.D.
Marais A.P.
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Abstract
Acetic acid can be recovered from 1% solutions using weakly basic ion exchange resins. The acid is adsorbed by the free-base form of the resin, which can then be eluted using a slurry of lime to give a solution of calcium acetate. This solution could either be evaporated to crystallize calcium acetate or reacted with sulfuric acid to form acetic acid and gypsum. Laboratory tests of the proposed process gave product solutions of 15-20% acetic acid using pure 1% acetic acid as feed. Some measurements using a typical industrial effluent gave similar recoveries and showed that there was no initial fouling of the resins. © 1995 American Chemical Society.
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Acetic acid, Acid media, Ion exchange, Acetic acid, Adsorption, Crystallization, Effluents, Evaporation, Filtration, Fouling, Gypsum, Lime, Sulfuric acid, Titration, Buchner filter, Calcium acetate, Ion exchange resins
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Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
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