Semicontinuous separation of dimethyl ether (DME) produced from biomass Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractA ternary semicontinuous system for the separation of bio‐dimethyl ether from methanol and water is presented. The performance of eight potential control configurations, including the application of temperature inferential control, is evaluated. Dynamic simulations of the semicontinuous system and associated control scheme demonstrate that the temperature inferential control configuration is effective in achieving the separation objectives while remaining within operational limits. The semicontinuous system using the inferential temperature control scheme is simulated and shown to be economically preferable to the traditional continuous process for a range of production rates. © 2013 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering

authors

• Pascall, Alicia
• Adams, Thomas

status

• published 

publication date

• June 2013

has subject area

• 0904 Chemical Engineering (FoR)
• 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy (FoR)
• Chemical Engineering (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering  Journal

keywords

• COST
• DESIGN
• Engineering
• Engineering, Chemical
• FUELS
• GAS-TURBINE
• LIQUID
• MIDDLE-VESSEL DISTILLATION
• Science & Technology
• Technology
• design
• dimethyl ether
• optimisation
• semicontinuous
• ternary distillation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/cjce.21813

start page

• 1001

end page

• 1021

volume

• 91

issue

• 6