@inproceedings{522afa98722f4c5d90f62973359c03cd,
title = "Minimum reflux calculation for non-sharp splits in multicomponent distillation systems using column profile maps",
abstract = "The eigenvectors of Column Profile Maps (CPM) can be used to non-iteratively determine the minimum reflux requirement for any zeotropic distillation process relating to sloppy split product specifications. Called the CPM-E technique, the method can be used to determine the feasible composition region for product specifications given a particular feed. The use of the CPM-E technique to more general systems involving non-sharp splits has been studied, including non-ideal thermodynamics. Though the CPM-E technique can calculate the minimum reflux accurately for sloppy split product specifications, without modification to the technique, it becomes a close approximation of the minimum reflux for non-sharp split product specification. This is caused by the disappearance of the co-linearity criteria that exists for sloppy splits. The use of other geometrical conditions in combination with CPM to calculate the minimum reflux is put forward. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2011 AIChE Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety (Chicago, IL 3/13-17/2011).",
keywords = "Column profile maps, Eigenvectors, Minimum reflux, Non-sharp splits",
author = "D. Hildebrandt and Ronald Abbas and Ma, {Chan Yee}",
year = "2011",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780816910670",
series = "11AIChE - 2011 AIChE Spring Meeting and 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Chemical Engineers",
pages = "1P",
booktitle = "11AIChE - 2011 AIChE Spring Meeting and 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, Conference Proceedings",
address = "United States",
note = "2011 AIChE Spring Meeting and 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, 11AIChE ; Conference date: 13-03-2011 Through 17-03-2011",
}