Process intensification refers to technologies and strategies that enable simpler and more efficient processes compared to conventional processes. Some features of such intensified processes are less recycle streams, reduced need for waste handling and lower investment and operating costs compared to conventional processes. One way of doing this is by making two or more process steps simultaneo...

The constant molar overflow (CMO) framework, while useful for shortcut distillation models, assumes that all components have the same latent heats of vaporization. A simple transformation, from flows to latent-heat flows, allows models retain mathematical simplicity CMO framework accounting different heats, resulting in heat transport (CHT) adiabatic columns. Although several past works already...

BACKGROUND This study investigates the generation of HCl and other acid gases from boiling calcium chloride dominated waters at atmospheric pressure, primarily using numerical modeling. The main focus of this investigation relates to the long-term geologic disposal of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, where pore waters around waste-emplacement tunnels are expected to undergo boiling and ...

In this work, the problem of designing the estimation structure to infer some of the effluent compositions in a multicomponent distillation column is addressed, with the aim to determine the structure that yields the best estimator functioning in the sense of a suitable compromise between performance versus complexity, regardless of the particular estimation algorithm employed. The structure de...