ash9144 - I took those actions to try to improve the yield, and I wasn't sure how they would affect the cycle time. Also I didn't mention that I am using a turbine agitator, a recirculation loop, and the steam is sparged through a gassing dip tube directly into the product.
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Hi, I have a process where I react an acid with an alcohol to make an ester, and water as waste. I need to use a 5 mol% excess of alcohol to complete the reaction in less than 12 hours. During the reaction I use a Dean Stark setup to take the water of reaction off and reflux the alcohol back to...
