We consider the dynamic optimization of chemical processes with changes in the number of equilibrium phases. Recent work has shown that transitions in the number of phases can be modeled as a mathematical program with equilibrium constraints (MPEC). This study generalizes the MPEC to consider dynamic characteristics. In particular, we describe a simultaneous discretization and solution strategy...

Hybrid separation systems have recently been hailed as one of the inost promising alternatives to conventional capital and energy intensive separation processes. Hybrid separation systems are able to effectively separate inixtures commonly encountered in the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries that are difficult or impossible to separate by conventional distillation processes due to aze...

Three types of commonly used commercial treatment processes were investigated for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from hazardous waste: thin-film evaporation, steam stripping, and distillation. These Unit operations were evaluated for their potential to control emissions from hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) by reducing waste VOC content. One-d...

The objective of this study was to assess the limonene removal efficiency of three pre-treatment methods when applied to citrus waste and to evaluate their effects on the biochemical methane potential and the methane production rate using batch anaerobic tests. The methods tested were based on removal (biological pretreatment by fungi) or recovery (steam distillation and ethanol extraction) of ...

The design for a new packed distillation column for consideration as a new experiment for the University Of Florida Department Of Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory was created to demonstrate the separation of water and isopropanol (i-Pr) and to evaluate a parallel applied multi-correlation approach to creating a high accuracy process model based on correlations with known margins ...

The separation of a ternary mixture (n-pentane-acetone-cyclo-hexane) with two binary minimum azeotropes is studied by feasibility studies and rigorous simulation calculations. By the feasibility studies based on the analysis of the vessel paths in the residue curve maps at the two different pressures (P, P) the separation steps are determined for the two configurations studied (batch stripper (...