Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering

Abstract

Application of Box Behnken Experimental Design to Analysis Reaction Conversion of n-Butyl Acetate to n-Butanol

Firuz Fakheri, Ali Sharif Alam, Shokrollah Mohseni and Ramin Ramezani Kalhor

In this paper Box Behnken was used to study the effect and optimization of reaction temperature, percentage of n -butyl acetate, value of sodium hydroxide on the percentage of reaction conversion of n -butyl acetate to n -butanol. The mathematical relationship of percentage of reaction conversion on three significant independent variables can be approximated by a nonlinear polynomial model. The analysis of experimental design showed that the percentage of reaction conversion was increased by increasing the temperature and value of n -butyl acetate. Results show that the excess value of sodium hydroxide has less effect on the percentage reaction conversion than the other variables and the percentage reaction conversion was found to be strongly affected by the temperature of reaction.