Energy saving, global warming and greenhouse gas emissions have become major
technological, societal, and political issues. Being closely related to energy supply, they are …

Since the middle of the last century, discussion about the operation of discontinuous
fractionation to meet multifarious goals, such as product purity and recovery rate, by …

This paper presents the use of neural network‐based model predictive control (NNMPC)
incorporated with a neural network (NN) estimator for handling the predefined optimal policy …

Esterification of fatty acid (Decanoic Acid) is a common practice in the chemical industries,
which can be widely used in several applications such as lubricants agent, plasticizers in …

Methyl propionate, also known as methyl propanoate, is a clear colourless liquid with a
characteristic odour (fruity smell and taste). In this study, the formation of methyl propionate …

Market demand of specialty chemicals, biochemical and pharmaceuticals are increasing.
Batch distillation is considered as the most suitable distillation operation to separate all …

Esterification of lactic acid is a well-known process producing a number of industrially
important chemical products such as alky esters, alkyl t-butyl ethers. However, the synthesis …

Industrial grade ethyl acetate is available with minimum purity of 85.0%. It is mostly
produced by an ethanol esterification in a distillation process on both batch and continuous …

Batch distillation with chemical reaction when takes place in the same unit is referred to as
batch reactive distillation process. The combination reduces the capital and operating costs …

En este trabajo se realiza el estudio teórico de la dinámica de una columna de destilación
por lotes reactiva. La configuración seleccionada es la convencional donde se alimenta la …