Integrated Reaction and Separation Operations : Modelling and experimental validation
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Book Description
Efficiency as well as economy of chemical processes can be increased by integration of reaction and separation in one unit. In this case e.g. reversible reaction may reach complete conversion. Well known examples are reactive distillations. But it has to be taken into account that process integration is not advantages in any case. An important parameter for process design is the degree of integration which varies between homogeneous integration, partial integration with distributed functionalities and non-integrated sequential processes. The book gives deep insights into the overall evaluation of integrated processes as well as development of methods for a systematic design and optimisation of integrated reaction and separation processes.. Potentials and the technical as well as economic limitations for process integration have been identified. The book covers several case studies of reactive distillation, reactive extraction, reactive gas-adsorption and chromatographic reactors which have been investigated from the modelling and experimental point of view. Based on validated models process simulation was used to optimize these processes. Following the concept of integrated process design approaches have been developed for model predictive control and process optimisation during production. Another new and very important focus of the book is systematic synthesis of integrated processes. Based on the investigation of processes mentioned above as well as further process simulations heuristic rule and short cut method have been developed which are used to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of a certain process integration and to develop a favourable process design. The book presents the latest developments in simulation of integrated processes as well as new methods of process synthesis and process control. It shows also the details of experimental approaches for model validation, determining of model parameters and measurement techniques. The combination of sophisticated modelling, optimisation methods and experimental results has not ben published up to now. Therefore on the book addresses readers from industry as well as academic research.
About the Author
Professor Dr.-Ing. Schmidt-Traub studied Chemical Engineering, first in Braunschweig then in Berlin, where he got his PhD and habilitation from the Technical University. He worked in leading positions in engineering for Krupp Koppers for 15 years. From 1989 to 2005 he held the chair of Plant Design at the University of Dortmund. He chaired Dechema as well as GVC working groups like "Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering", "Process and Plant Design" and "Computer-aided Plant Engineering". He was speaker of the Research Group " Integrated Reaction and Separation Operations" by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). His main research activities are preparative chromatography, down stream processing, process design and plant engineering. Professor Górak graduated from Technical University of Lodz, Poland, where he also got his PhD before he joined Henkel kGaA in Düsseldorf as senior researcher. In 1992 he has got his "venia legendi" from RWTH Aachen and was appointed for Professor at Dortmund University. In 1996 he became Chair of Fluid Separations at University Essen and four years later at Dortmund University and is also Professor at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland. He is chairman of several German Working Parties on Fluid Separation and Process Simulation, editor for a leading Journal and has published about 150 referred papers and book chapters. His scientific interests are reactive and bioreactive separation processes, process intensification, computer aided process engineering.
Integrated Reaction and Separation Operations: Modelling and experimental validation,Henner Schmidt-Traub,Andrzej Górak,Springer,3540301488,Chemistry - General,Environmental Science,Management Science,Science,Science/Mathematics,Technology & Industrial Arts,Chromatography,Experimental validation,Integrated process,Process integration,Process modelling,Reactive adsorption,Reactive distillation,Separation processes,Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical,adsorption,chromatographic reactors,distillation,process control,process intensification,process synthesis,reactive separation
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