n-Butane dehydroisomerization is a one-step reaction process allowing direct conversion of n-butane to isobutene. It is an alternative to the current isobutene production process by petrochemical cracking and from butane feed (see Dehydroisomerization of N-butane to Isobutene) (Romanow-Garcia et al. 2007; Obenaus et al. 2005). Isobutene is an important intermediate in the petrochemical industry, used as a raw material to produce, for instance, fuel additive (ethyl tert-butyl and methyl tert-butyl ether) and rubbery materials (polybutene, isoprene). The forecast is for the worldwide demand for isobutene to increase; thus, the interest in further improving its production is great. Membrane reactor application is an interesting strategy for such dehydrogenative-type reactions, equilibrium limited. A membrane reactor (MR), operating as an extractor, allows removing one of the reaction products from the reaction volume, shifting the equilibrium toward further product production. Moreover,...
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Mirabelli, I. (2014). n-Butane Dehydrogenation by Membrane Reactor. In: Drioli, E., Giorno, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Membranes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40872-4_1645-1
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