محمد بهبهانی
04-10-2013, 11:46 AM
a b s t r a c t
Direct material coupling between column sections in distillation leads to energy efficient systems like
the Petlyuk column but with more difficult control problems compared to conventional multicomponent
distillation sequences. A control study of a four-product extended Petlyuk column operating close to
minimum energy is reported here. We study the “ideal” case with all steady state degrees of freedom
available for control, including the vapor split valves, which is required to achieve minimum energy
under all conditions. Four decentralized control structures are proposed and tested against a wide range
of disturbances. This work demonstrates also the use of the graphical Vmin tool which can be used to
visualize the minimum boilup requirement for Petlyuk arrangements
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 13 March 2012
Received in revised form 30 June 2012
Accepted 23 July 2012
Available online 31 July 2012
Keywords:
Energy efficient distillation
Thermally coupled distillation
Control structure design
Divided wall columns
Petlyuk column
Direct material coupling between column sections in distillation leads to energy efficient systems like
the Petlyuk column but with more difficult control problems compared to conventional multicomponent
distillation sequences. A control study of a four-product extended Petlyuk column operating close to
minimum energy is reported here. We study the “ideal” case with all steady state degrees of freedom
available for control, including the vapor split valves, which is required to achieve minimum energy
under all conditions. Four decentralized control structures are proposed and tested against a wide range
of disturbances. This work demonstrates also the use of the graphical Vmin tool which can be used to
visualize the minimum boilup requirement for Petlyuk arrangements
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 13 March 2012
Received in revised form 30 June 2012
Accepted 23 July 2012
Available online 31 July 2012
Keywords:
Energy efficient distillation
Thermally coupled distillation
Control structure design
Divided wall columns
Petlyuk column