2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Distillation: Equipment and Processes

This session will center on current and future technologies in the arena of distillation.

Chair

Nicholas Urbanski, Exxonmobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Company

Co-Chairs

Izak Nieuwoudt, Koch-Glitsch
Waldo E. De Villiers, Shell Projects and Technology (US)

Presentations

03:15 PM

(341a) Reducing the Energy Demand of Bio-Ethanol through Salt-Extractive Distillation and Electrodialysis
Mohammed A. Hussain, Peter Pfromm

03:30 PM

(341b) Control of the Heterogeneous Azeotropic N-Butanol/water Distillation System
William L. Luyben

03:45 PM

(341c) 4-Pass Tray Design Techniques
Daniel Summers

04:00 PM

(341d) Damage to Column Internals
Daniel Staak, Jens-Uwe Repke, Guenter Wozny

04:15 PM

(341e) Molecular Distillation Modeling and Simulation to Split Heavy Petroleum Fractions
Lamia Zuñiga Liñan, Nádson M. N. Lima, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel, Rubens Maciel Filho, César B. Batistella, Flavio Manenti, Davide Manca, Lílian C. Medina

04:30 PM

(341f) Optimal Design and Operation of Batch Distillation Columns with Regard to Reboiler Liquid Swelling
Levente L. Simon, Konrad Hungerbuehler

04:45 PM

(341g) Optimal Operation and Feedback Control of Reactive Batch Distillation In Middle-Vessel Columns
Harvey Arellano-Garcia, Irisay Carmona, Guenter Wozny

05:00 PM

(341h) Development of Corrosion Control Document (CCD) In Crude Distillation Unit Process
Junghwan Kim, Wonsub Lim, Sang-Rok Park, Il Moon

05:15 PM

(341j) Retrofit of Distillation Columns in a Methanol Plant
Yasar Demirel