Methods for solving multicomponent distillation problems of design type at total reflux.

Solving distillation problems by terrain methods

This paper clearly shows that the recently proposed terrain methodology of Lucia and Yang (2003) can be used to solve steady-state distillation problems in a reliable and efficient manner. Numerical results are presented that show that terrain methods are superior to Newton’s method and homotopy-continuation for distillation examples with multiple solutions. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights rese...

Multicomponent batch distillation column design

Total Reflux Operation of Multivessel Batch Distillation

I N T R O D U C T I O N Although batch distillation generally is less energy efficient than continuous distillation, it has leceived increased attention in the last few years because of its simplicity of operation, flexibility and lower capital cost. For many years academic research on batch distillation was focused primarily on optimizing the reflux policy. However, in most cases the differenc...

A Survey of Direct Methods for Solving Variational Problems

This study presents a comparative survey of direct methods for solving Variational Problems. Thisproblems can be used to solve various differential equations in physics and chemistry like RateEquation for a chemical reaction. There are procedures that any type of a differential equation isconvertible to a variational problem. Therefore finding the solution of a differential equation isequivalen...

Shortcut Methods for the Design of Heteroazeotropic Distillation of Multicomponent Mixtures

Shortcut methods are valuable tools in the early stages of chemical process design, where numerous flowsheet alternatives need to be evaluated to determine the most energy-efficient, feasible flowsheet. Various shortcut methods based on tray-to-tray calculation and pinch point analysis for the inspection of feasibility and the determination of the minimum energy demand (MED) for homogeneous non...