2nd Edition
Batch Distillation Simulation, Optimal Design, and Control, Second Edition
Introduction
Simple Distillation
Why Batch Distillation?
Basic Modes of Operation
Theoretical Analysis
Constant Reflux
Variable Reflux
Optimal Reflux
Column Dynamics
Governing Equations
Error and Stability
Numerical Integration Techniques
Solution of Column Dynamics
Simplified Models
The Need for Simplification
Shortcut Method
Modified Shortcut Method
Collocation-Based Model
Hierarchy of Models and BATCH-DIST
Optimization
Objective Functions
Degrees of Freedom Analysis
Feasibility Considerations
Problem Solution
Complex Columns
Inverted Column
Middle Vessel Column
Synthesis
Complex Systems
Azeotropic Systems
Extractive Distillation
Reactive Distillation
Batch Distillation Control
Optimal Control in Batch Distillation
Closed-Loop Control
Consideration of Uncertainty
Static Uncertainties and Stochastic Modeling
Optimization under Uncertainty
Uncertainty in Batch Distillation
Optimal Control under Uncertainty
Batch Distillation Software Programs
CHEMCAD Batch Distillation
ASPEN TECH: BATCHSEP
BPRC: MultiBatchDS
Comparison of Software Packages
Index
Biography
Urmila Diwekar is the president and founder of the Vishwamitra Research Institute, a non-profit research organization that develops methods, algorithms, and approaches for rapid, reliable, and robust multiple objective optimal decision making under uncertainty. She was previously a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Diwekar has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
