Measurements of temperatures and flows and pressures are used to estimate the dry point of the product for the distillation column. The Problem is characterized by the model complication and the strong colinearity between the measurements. In this article, the distributed RBF neural network (DRBFN) and principal component analysis (PCA) are used to develop the soft sensor (PCA-DRBFN model), and...

The successful revamp of a conventional tray Xylenes Distillation Column (3800 mm / 4300 mm diameter) is described. The column takes a xylene side-stream from reformate to feed an aromatics plant to make higher value products. Changing the column configuration to a Dividing Wall Column (DWC) resulted in improved product purity and significant energy savings. The project cycle is detailed includ...

The paper addresses the problem of testing various control configurations for binary distillation columns. Analyzing from plantwide control point of view the place of distillation column within the plant, the result will be the best control configuration. The proposed application Test BCC is a very useful tool to evaluate the resulted control configuration for distillation columns. First, it is...

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...

Typical production objectives in distillation process require the delivery of products whose compositions meet certain specifications. The distillation control system, therefore, must hold product compositions as near the set points as possible in faces of upset. In this project, inferential model predictive control, that utilizes an artificial neural network estimator and model predictive cont...

This paper presents a systematic approach to distillation column control. The main emphasis is on the steps which precede the actual controller design, namely the modelling of the column and the selection of the control con guration. By control con guration in this context we mean the two independent variables used for composition control (for example, L and V;D and V , or L D and V B ). The st...

The distillation unit is one of the main units in refning companies, and it serves as the mother unit in any refnery with any degree of complexity. The optimization of this unit can increase productivity. In this study, the vacuum distillation unit of a refnery was selected as the case study. The shares of different expenses of this unit were clarifed using a novel material flow cost accoun...

A study of the influence of distillation system, oak wood type, and aging time on volatile compounds of cider brandy was carried out. Acetaldehyde and acetaldehyde diethyl acetal were influenced by distillation technology, oak wood type, and maturation time. The majority ester, ethyl ethanoate, increased during aging, the highest level of this ester being detected in spirits distilled by double...

The composition of the essential oils of Teucrium chamaedrys L. belongs to the family Lamiaceae, It is growing wild in the margin of mountainous roads of arid and cold climate of north Iran. In this research, essential oils of T. chamaedrys, extracted and measured at the different location by different methods of distillationand then were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Investigation and comparison o...