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Distillation control, optimization, and tuning : fundamentals and strategies /

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"With a focus on the fundamentals and strategies of distillation columns, this book covers the process variables for continuous distillation columns, as well as four basic control strategies and the typical cases in which they are used. The author defines the inlet and outlet streams and proces...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robbins, Lanny
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Distillation.
Separation (Technology)
Technology.
Chemical engineering.
Engineering.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Industrial & Technical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Manufacturing.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and overview
  • 2. Distillation control variables
  • 3. Separation power
  • 4. Distillate/feed material balance split
  • 5. Distillation control strategies
  • 6. Constraints
  • 7. Optimizing product quality performance
  • 8. PID feedback control loop
  • 9. Closed-loop tuning of controllers
  • 10. Open-loop testing of process response.