2015 AIChE Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety

(148a) Guidelines for Dynamic Modeling of Column Startup

Authors

Wendy Young Reed - Presenter, Chemstations Inc.

Advances in computing speed continue to enable dynamic modeling of ever increasing complexity.  This includes simulation of non-routine conditions such as startup of distillation columns.  A refining column case study will be reviewed to point out guidelines for use when setting up these types of models.