Batch distillation: design and operation

I. M. Mujtaba186094437X, 9781860945465, 9781860944376

The batch distillation process has existed for many centuries. It is perhaps the oldest technology for separating or purifying liquid mixtures and is the most frequently used separation method in batch processes. In the last 25 years, with continuous development of faster computers and sophisticated numerical methods, there have been many published works using detailed mathematical models with rigorous physical property calculations and advanced optimisation techniques to address several important issues, such as selection of column configurations, design, operation, off-cut recycling, use of batch distillation in reactive and extractive modes, etc.
Batch Distillation: Design and Operation presents excellent, important contributions of many researchers from around the globe, including those of the author and his co-workers.

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Table of contents :
Batch Distillation: Design and Operation……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Foreword……Page 8
Contents……Page 10
Acknowledgements……Page 20
1. Introduction……Page 24
2. Column Configurations……Page 32
3. Operation……Page 38
4. Modelling and SImulation……Page 77
5. Dynamic Optimisation……Page 137
6. Multiperiod Operation Optimisation……Page 174
7. Design and Operation Optimisation……Page 213
8. Off-Cut Recycle……Page 251
9. Batch Reactive Distillation (BREAD)……Page 291
10. Batch Extractive Distillation (BED)……Page 323
11. Unconventional Batch Distillation……Page 352
12. Application of Neural Networks in Batch Distillation……Page 386
Index……Page 414