Design heuristics for semicontinuous separation processes with chemical reactions.

Adams II, Thomas A.; Seider, Warren D.

Semicontinuous processes have been studied in recent years for many purposes, including extractive, azeotropic, and reactive distillations, and reactive liquid-liquid extraction. In this paper, using a continuous process as a base case, heuristics are introduced to create semicontinuous process designs. The methodology for synthesizing a semi-continuous separation process (including the process units, connectivity, control system, integration with chemical reaction(s), and choice of transitional modes) is presented based on experiences involving prior case studies.

HEURISTIC; CHEMICAL processes; EXTRACTION techniques; SEPARATION (Technology); CHEMICAL reactions

Chemical Engineering Research & Design: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Part A, 2009, Vol 87, Issue 3, p263

0263-8762

Academic Journal

10.1016/j.cherd.2008.09.008