Butyl Acetate

PROJECT REPORT

ON

MANUFACTURE OF n-BUTYL ACETATE

Submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree

Of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

IN

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

By

Ankita Sudhir (10708008)

Anupama Aroonkumar (10708009)

Manjir Das (10708033)

Surojit Ojha (10708058)

Under the guidance of

Dr. B. Karunanithi

(Professor, School of Chemical Engineering)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNILOGY

SRM UNIVERSITY

(under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur - 603 203

Kancheepuram District.

March 2012

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report on “ Manufacture of n-Butyl Acetate “ is bonafide work of ‘AnkitaSudhir (10708008), AnupamaAroonkumar (10708009), Manjir Das (10708033), SurojitOjha (10708058) ‘ who carried out the project under my supervision.

Head of Department Internal Guide

Date:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We gratefully thank out Head of Department Chemical Engineering Prof. R Karthikeyan for his enthusiastic encouragement and who with all energy remained diligent.

We express our gratitude and heartfelt thanks to B Karunanithi, Professor SRM University, who is our project guide, for his valuable and timely suggestions that helped us to improve our projects to the best extent possible.

Finally our heartfelt thanks to all our staff members who have contributed their part in one way or the other and in offering us moral support in making our project a successful one.

TABLES OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO. | TITLE | PAGE NO. |

| ABSTRACTLIST OF SYMBOLS | 78 |

1. | INTRODUCTIONHISTORY | 911 |

2. | PROPERTIESPHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES | 12 |

3. | APPLICATIONSAPPLICATION OF MANUFACTURING COMPOUND | 14 |

4. | VARIOUS METHODS OF PRODUCTIONMETHODS OF PRODUCTION | 16 |

5. | PROCESS DESCRIPTION | 17 |

6. | MATERIAL BALANCEMATERIAL BALANCE OF THE REACTORMATERIAL BALANCE OF THE DISTILLATION COLUMNMATERIAL BALANCE OF...