Study of industrial production of formic acid through process simulation
Keywords:
carbon capture and utilization, biorefinerie, catalytic hydrogenation, simulation software, process designAbstract
This work belongs to a larger project that has as its objective both the capture of CO2 from the sugar and alcohol industry of Northwest Argentina for its conversion into various chemical products and fuels, as well as new strategies to reduce CO2 emissions and the consequent mitigation of climate change. In this study, the product of interest is formic acid, which is recognized as one of the most promising hydrogen storage materials, especially for portable power applications. In addition, it is widely used as a preservative, insecticide, and industrial precursor in synthetic processes for other products. Formic acid production is modeled and simulated with the support of a computational process simulation tool, UniSim® Design (Honeywell), evaluating technical performance indicators. The results obtained make it possible to define the flowsheet of the process, the operating conditions and verify the feasibility of this chemical route as an alternative for the use of industrial CO2 emissions, with the potential environmental benefits that this entails.
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