Assessing the Performance of Batch Reactive Distillations through Conceptual Models

HECTOR JOSE MARIA ESPINOSA

Garmisch Partenkirchen

Simposio; 16 TH European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering; 2006

DECHEMA

Abstract This contribution focuses on the development of a dynamic conceptual model for batch reactive distillations. Assuming a rectifier with an infinite number of stages, pinch analysis is applied to assess the performance of the combined process. Two highly non-ideal quaternary mixtures, each one suffering an esterification reaction, are taken as example cases. Keywords: Conceptual Design, Batch Reactive Distillation, Pinch Analysis.