• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.945-953
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• 2006

Though a fully thermally coupled distillation column consumes less energy than an original column, it is not widely implemented in practice due to its operational difficulty. A new fully thermally coupled distillation column is proposed for the operability improvement, and its performance is investigated. The main improvement is the separation of a main column to give an upper and lower columns and the installation of an intermediate heat exchanger between them to regulate the fluctuation of product compositions. A proper manipulation of column pressure in the separated main columns made easy vapor flow without a compressor. The operability improvement is examined in a hexane process from the dynamic simulation using a commercial design software HYSYS. The simulation results indicate that the coupling among inputs and outputs is loosened to make easy manipulation of product compositions in the proposed distillation system.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.450-456
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• 2015

In the present study, modelling and optimization of ethanol-benzene separation process were performed using pressure-swing distillation. Order to obtain a reliable results, vapour-liquid equilibrium (VLE) experiments of ethanol-benzene binary system were performed. The parameters of thermodynamic equation were determined using experimental data and the regression. The pressure-swing distillation process optimization was performed to obtain high purity ethanol and high purity benzene into a low-high pressure columns configuration and a high-low pressure columns configuration. The heat duty values of the reboiler from simulation were compared, and the process was optimized to minimize the heat duty.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.2445-2450
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• 2011

Design of reformate fractionation process using a fully thermally coupled distillation is conducted with commercial design software Aspen HYSYS. Detailed procedure of the design is explained, and the performance of the process is compared with that of a conventional system. The design outcome indicates that the procedure is simple and efficient. The performance of the new process indicates that an energy saving of 12.2% is obtained compared with the conventional process while total number of trays maintains at the same.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10a
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• pp.99-104
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• 1991

An adaptive predictive control method for SISO and MIMO plants is proposed. In this method, future predictions of process output based on a bilinear CARIMA model are used to calculate the control input. Also, a classical recursive adaptation algorithm, equation error method, is used to decrease the uncertainty of the process model. As a result of the application on distillation process, the ability of the set-point tracking and the disturbance rejection is acceptable to apply to the industrial distillation processes.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.8 no.10
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• pp.833-841
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• 2002

We develope a model that can manipulate the reflux ratio of a batch distillation process in real time for optimal operations. Firstly, reflux ratio decision model for batch distillation unit was developed using the simple short-cut method. Secondly, more detailed rigorous method was applied to improve the accuracy of the model. Based on these models, operational strategies for the optimal reflux ratio was proposed. The results are illustrated with suitable examples and compared with the results using commercial simulator.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.77-83
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• 2023

Background: The purpose of this study is to purify uranium (U[VI])-contaminated soil-flushing effluent using the precipitation-distillation process for clearance. Precipitation and distillation are commonly used techniques for water treatment. We propose using a combination of these methods for the simple and effective removal of U(VI) ions from soil-flushing effluents. In addition, the U concentration (Bq/g) of solid waste generated in the proposed treatment process was analyzed to confirm whether it satisfies the clearance level. Materials and Methods: Uranium-contaminated soil was decontaminated by soil-flushing using 0.5 M sulfuric acid. The soil-flushing effluent was treated with sodium hydroxide powder to precipitate U(VI) ions, and the remaining U(VI) ions were removed by phosphate addition. The effluent from which U(VI) ions were removed was distilled for reuse as a soil-flushing eluent. Results and Discussion: The purification method using the precipitation-distillation process proposed in this study effectively removes U(VI) ions from U-contaminated soil-flushing effluent. In addition, most of the solid waste generated in the purification process satisfied the clearance level. Conclusion: The proposed purification process is considered to have potential as a soil-flushing effluent treatment method to reduce the amount of radioactive waste generated.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.1017-1022
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• 2008

Though many divided wall columns are implemented in field as energy-efficient distillation columns, its application is limited due to the difficulty of building a new column. A novel energy-efficient distillation system utilizing the existing columns is proposed here. The proposed can reduce the energy consumption by about 39% comparing with the existing system. And it is shown that the proposed improves the column operability over the existing. The tray numbers of the added columns have no significant influence on the composition of a side draw.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.1826-1829
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• 2003

Fine chemical production must assure high-standard product quality as well as characterized as multi-product production in small volumes. Installing high-precision batch distillation is one of the common elements in the successful manufacturing of fine chemicals, and the importance of the process operation strategy with quality assurance cannot be overemphasized. In this study, we investigate the optimal operation strategy and production planning of a sequential multi-purpose plants consisting of batch processes and batch distillation with unlimited intermediate storage. We formulated this problem as an MILP model. A mixed-integer linear programming model is developed based on the time slot, which is used to determine the production sequence and the production path of each batch. Illustrative examples show the effectiveness of the approach.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.57-71
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• 2014

In this study, a theoretical model for the transport phenomena in an Air Gap Membrane Distillation used for desalination was developed. The model is based on the conservation equations for the mass, momentum, energy and species within the feed water solution as well as on the mass and energy balances on the membrane sides. The rarefaction impacts are taken into consideration showing their effects on process parameters particularly permeate flow and thermal efficiency. The theoretical model was validated with available data and was found in good agreement especially when the slip condition is introduced. The rarefaction impact was found considerable inducing an increase in the permeate flux and the thermal efficiency.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1990.10a
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• pp.225-228
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• 1990

The major difficulty in distillation column control lies in executing the set point tracking and the disturbance rejection, because of continuous changes in model order and dead time. For that, generalized predictive control(GPC) was applied to distillation column control. Recursive least square method was used to adjust the changes of model order and dead time. Quadratic progamming(QP) was used to solve the constraint problems in control action and the rate of control action. As a result of the simulation on the dynamic simulator(SPEEDUP) and the experiment on pilot plant, the ability of the set point tracking and the disturbance rejection was acceptable to apply to the real distillation column.