Composition estimator in a pilot-plant distillation column using multiple temperatures

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 2555-2564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thor Mejdell ◽  
Sigurd Skogestad
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Distillation Column ◽  
Composition Estimator

Intensification of the Process Flow in the Pilot Plant of an Internally Heat-Integrated Distillation Column (HIDiC)

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinpei Horiuchi ◽  
Masaru Nakaiwa ◽  
Koichi Iwakabe ◽  
Keigo Matsuda ◽  
Masayuki Toda
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Distillation Column ◽  
Process Flow

Energy Saving Characteristics of the Internally Heat Integrated Distillation Column (HIDiC) Pilot Plant for Multicomponent Petroleum Distillation

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 771-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinpei Horiuchi ◽  
Kiro Yanagimoto ◽  
Kunio Kataoka ◽  
Masaru Nakaiwa ◽  
Koichi Iwakabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Distillation Column

Experimental transient response of a pilot-plant distillation column: Part II. Response to liquid and vapor rate perturbations

AIChE Journal ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Baber ◽  
J. A. Gerster
Keyword(s):  
Transient Response ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Distillation Column

A Novel Control Methodology for a Pilot Plant Azeotropic Distillation Column

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (25) ◽  
pp. 8361-8372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina M. Rueda ◽  
Thomas F. Edgar ◽  
Robert B. Eldridge
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Distillation Column ◽  
Azeotropic Distillation ◽  
Control Methodology

scholarly journals Development of Pilot Plant for Bio-Ethanol Processing

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Emrod Elisante
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Distillation Column ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Continuous Control ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Sieve Tray ◽  
Engineering Drawings ◽  
Important Design

The paper outlines achievements obtained in developing a pilot bio-ethanol plant at the Department of Chemical and Mining Engineering (CME), University of Dar es Salaam. The pilot plant consists of: 30 L inoculums tank; 1,700 L fermenter; 1,500 L/day distillation column; and ancillary equipment. The prototype is a platform intended to be used for technology demonstration and research by graduate and undergraduate students studying the production of bio-ethanol using traditional and non-traditional raw materials like coffee mash, cashew fruit, and sisal inulin. The equipment has been developed using locally available engineering resources and the distillation column with 18 sieve tray measures 0.5m diameter 7 m high operates at atmospheric pressure. The condenser is cooled by 15 o C chilled water from utility lines and the reboiler is powered by 63 kW boiler installed at CME. Although the system includes biological, chemical and mechanical engineering details, only the important design issues are presented. A MATLAB code was developed forestimating the number of theoretical plates using the Mc Cabe-Thiele method. The water- ethanol vapour liquid equilibrium VLE data was obtained using relative volatilities estimated by Antoine equations for vapour pressure. The process design was done using various simulation packages and custom programs like Microsoft Excel for mass balance,Microsoft Visio for process and instrumentation (P&I) diagram AutoCAD software for mechanical engineering drawings. After performing hydraulic leak tests, the prototype was tested using blackstrap molasses 80 o brix which was prepared for fermentation using ilution and inoculums formulations developed in Microsoft Excel for water dilution, yeastand nutrients like (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4, KH 2 PO 4, MgCl 2. A batch mash boiling test conducted on the column showed that the response of tray temperatures exhibited first-order delay behavior with an average lag of 17 minutes and a delay of 50 -65 minutes depending on tray distance from the reboiler. Due to lack of feedback control equipment specifically on-linecomposition analyzers and suitable actuators, continuous control of ethanol composition could not be undertaken. It is planned to procure pertinent control hardware during the next phase of the project. However the batch test gave initial ethanol purity of 80% which decreased as the ethanol content in the still was continuously depleted.

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