Performance indicators for reactive distillation design

• Author(s): Filipe, Rui M. ; Matos, Henrique A. ; Novais, Augusto Q.
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/709
• Origin: Repositório do LNEG
• Subject(s): Reactive distillation; Multi-objective optimization; Feed quality
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

A cost indicator for the design and multi-objective optimization of reactive distillation columns, designated capacity, was introduced in previous work by the authors. The question of this indicator’s effectiveness as a measure of the actual column cost, is herein investigated over a number of designs by comparing it with the value obtained by means of conventional costing procedures. The results show that the level of accuracy obtained when using capacity is satisfactory and certainly acceptable for a preliminary design stage.