Conference
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF COMPARTMENTAL AND BILINEAR MODELS OF AN EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION COLUMN.
Abstract
The system under study is the separation of an azeotrope of acetone and methanol using water as a solvent. This is a multicomponent, nonlinear distillation which poses many difficult process control problems. The grouping of several trays together as a compartment has a thermodynamic basis and reduces the total number of model equations to be solved. The steady state behavior of an experimental column has been modeled using 5, 4, and 3 …
Authors
Kumar S; Taylor PA; Wright JD
Publication Date
December 1, 1985
Conference proceedings
Annual Meeting American Institute of Chemical Engineers
ISSN
0196-7282