• Author/Authors

    S.J. Wang، نويسنده , , D.S.H. Wong and E.K. Lee، نويسنده ,

  • DocumentNumber
    1384532
  • Title Of Article

    Effect of interaction multiplicity on controlsy stem design for a MTBE reactive distillation column

  • شماره ركورد
    11243
  • Latin Abstract
    The control strategy of a reactive distillation for synthesis of MTBE is investigated. Although steady state multiplicities occur in the column, a linear control is still possible since a controlled and manipulated variable-pairing scheme that exhibits a sufficiently large range of near linear relations can be found, if we operate at constant reflux ratio. Reboiler duty is used to control the temperature of a stage just below the reaction section and near the top of the stripping section. Stoichiometric balance is controlled by a feed ratio plus internal composition control scheme, using a control valve installed on the C4 feed-line as the manipulated variable. Such a scheme is capable of maintaining the desirable steady state that achieves high product purity and reactant conversion. However, a similar scheme that uses a control valve installed on the methanol feed-line as the manipulated variable shows severe oscillation. It is caused by multiplicity in the interaction between the temperature and stoichiometric control loops.
  • From Page
    503
  • NaturalLanguageKeyword
    Reactive distillation , MTBE , Control system design
  • JournalTitle
    Studia Iranica
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    515
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    515