Design and control of butyl acrylate reactive distillation column system

I. Lung Chien*, Kai Luen Zeng

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Abstract

in this study, the design and control of a reactive distillation column system for the production of butyl acrylate has been investigated. The proposed design is quite simple including only one reactive distillation column and an overhead decanter. The optimal design is selected based on the minimization of Total Annual Cost (TAC) for the overall system. At this optimized flowsheet condition, output multiplicity was found with reboiler duty as the bifurcation parameter. The highest purity stable steady state was selected as the base case condition for the control study. The overall control of this system is achieved with no on-line composition measurements. Tray temperature control loop will be designed to infer final product purity. From Aspen Dynamics simulation, the proposed control strategy performs very well in rejecting various disturbances while maintaining butyl acrylate product at high purity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress, IFAC 2005
PublisherIFAC Secretariat
Pages141-146
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)008045108X, 9780080451084
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Volume16
ISSN (Print)1474-6670

Keywords

  • Butyl acrylate
  • Column simulation
  • Design and control
  • Reactive distillation

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