Modelling reactive distillation

R Taylor, R Krishna - Chemical engineering science, 2000‏ - Elsevier
The design and operation issues for reactive distillation systems are considerably more
complex than those involved for either conventional reactors or conventional distillation …

Synthesis of nonequilibrium reactive distillation processes by MINLP optimization

AR Ciric, D Gu - AIChE Journal, 1994‏ - Wiley Online Library
A mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model is presented for synthesizing
reactive distillation columns when chemical reaction equilibrium cannot be assured. The …

[کتاب][B] Chemical reactor design

P Harriott - 2002‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Featuring case studies and worked examples that illustrate key concepts in the text, this
book contains guidelines for scaleup of laboratory and pilot plant results, methods to derive …

Multiple solutions in reactive distillation for methyl tert-butyl ether synthesis

R Jacobs, R Krishna - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 1993‏ - ACS Publications
A reactive distillation column for the synthesis of methyl ferf-butyl ether (MTBE) is simulated
using a steady-state equilibrium stage model. For identical column andfeed specifications …

Designing reactive distillation processes: Present and future

CP Almeida-Rivera, PLJ Swinkels, J Grievink - Computers & Chemical …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
The potential benefits of applying reactive distillation (RD) processes are taxed by significant
complexities in process development and design. The design problem is formulated in the …

Design method for kinetically controlled, staged reactive distillation columns

MJ Okasinski, MF Doherty - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 1998‏ - ACS Publications
This paper develops a systematic steady-state design methodology for kinetically controlled,
staged reactive distillation columns, taking into account a single isomolar or nonisomolar …

Steady state multiplicities in an ethylene glycol reactive distillation column

AR Ciric, P Miao - Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 1994‏ - ACS Publications
A series of homotopic continuation studies are presented that explore steady state
multiplicities in a reactive distillation column producing ethylene glycol from ethylene oxide …

Optimization of reactive distillation processes with simulated annealing

MF Cardoso, RL Salcedo, SF de Azevedo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2000‏ - Elsevier
A simulated annealing-based algorithm (MSIMPSA) suitable for the optimization of mixed
integer non-linear programming (MINLP) problems was applied to the synthesis of a non …

Butylacetate via reactive distillation—modelling and experiment

J Hanika, J Kolena, Q Smejkal - Chemical Engineering Science, 1999‏ - Elsevier
A pilot-plant research of butylacetate synthesis via catalytic distillation has been performed.
Katapak® in combination with CY® packing were used as the experimental column …

Dynamics and control of an ethyl acetate reactive distillation column

N Vora, P Daoutidis - Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 2001‏ - ACS Publications
In this paper, we study the dynamics and control of a reactive distillation column for the
production of ethyl acetate from acetic acid and ethyl alcohol. Initially, we propose a …