E-grāmata: Reactive Distillation Design and Control

Whereas chemical processes of reaction and separation are frequently carried out separately and with different equipment, it is sometimes possible to combine the operations using reactive distillation or catalytic distillation, which can lead to smaller inventories of chemical materials and higher energy efficiency. Luyben (chemical engineering, Lehigh U., US) and Yu (National Taiwan U., Taiwan) here present a textbook on steady-state design and dynamic control of reactive distillation systems using rigorous nonlinear models. They discuss both generic ideal and actual chemical systems and provide economic comparisons between conventional multiunit processes and reactive distillation, both in isolation and in plant-wide systems Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

After an overview of the fundamentals, limitations, and scope of reactive distillation, this book uses rigorous models for steady-state design and dynamic analysis of different types of reactive distillation columns and quantitatively compares the economics of reactive distillation columns with conventional multi-unit processes. It goes beyond traditional steady-state design that primarily considers the capital investment and energy costs when analyzing the control structure and the dynamic robustness of disturbances, and discusses how to maximize the economic and environmental benefits of reactive distillation technology.