There is a large variety of methods in literature for process design and control, which can be
classified into two main categories. The methods in the first category have a sequential …

Conventional ternary separations progressed via thermally coupled columns such as
Petlyuk configuration to a novel design that integrates two distillation columns into one …

Catalytic reactive distillation (RD) offers novel opportunities for manufacturing fatty acid alkyl
esters involved in specialty chemicals and at a larger scale in biodiesel. The integration of …

Process integration and intensification is increasingly applied also in the biodiesel
production, as shown by recent research papers. This study takes previous work on reactive …

To date, sensitivity, bifurcation and singularity analysis have been employed to identify and
characterize the qualitative nonlinear behaviour of chemical process systems. The …

The current legislation imposes tighter restrictions in order to reduce the impact of chemical
process industry on the environment. In this context, this study presents the dynamic model …

The reaction kinetic rate and mass transport play an important role in the sizing and scale-up
of reactors. The Damköhler's dimensionless number (D a) is the quotient of these effects. A …

In this work, we consider a generic class of process networks that feature large material
recycle streams and in which impurities are present, and are removed by a small purge …

Integrated biodiesel processes based on reactive separations powered by solid acid/base
catalysts are available nowadays, offering significant advantages such as minimal capital …

By placing together the pieces of the design and control puzzle we developed a novel
methodology that allows the screening and selection of feasible integrated designs at an …