Dividing wall column control: Common practices and key findings

MM Donahue, BJ Roach, JJ Downs, T Blevins… - … and Processing-Process …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dividing wall columns (DWC) are an energy-efficient distillation setup that promises capital
cost and energy savings. This review focuses on DWCs as a ternary separation technology …

Electrification of distillation for decarbonization: An overview and perspective

C Cui, M Qi, X Zhang, J Sun, Q Li, AA Kiss… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Distillation remains the leading and most frequently adopted technique for the separation
and purification of condensable mixtures in numerous industries. However, the inherently …

Applying hybrid genetic–PSO technique for tuning an adaptive PID controller used in a chemical process

EM El-Gendy, MM Saafan, MS Elksas, SF Saraya… - Soft Computing, 2020 - Springer
The conventional PID controller has static parameters that cannot be changed at different
operating conditions. As a result, the term 'adaptive PID controller'has appeared to solve this …

Eco-efficiency analysis and intensification of the monochlorobenzene separation process through double-effect strategy

FR Figueiredo, APR Paiva, RO dos Santos… - … and Processing-Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
Distillation is an energy-intensive operation with high capital and operational costs. For this
reason, intensification technologies have been developed to significantly reduce the energy …

Optimal Operation of an Industrial Dividing Wall Column through Multiparametric Programming

I Pappas, R Bindlish, M Ali… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this contribution, we present a high-fidelity dynamic model of an industrial dividing wall
column and the application of explicit model predictive control for its regulation. Our study …

Fixed bed and batch adsorption of benzene and toluene from aromatic hydrocarbons on 5A molecular sieve zeolite

MS Hussein, MJ Ahmed - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
Adsorption of benzene and toluene from aromatic mixtures extracted from reformate of
catalytic naphtha reforming process was investigated. The adsorption kinetics of both …

Composition control and temperature inferential control of dividing wall column based on model predictive control and PI strategies

J Wang, N Yu, M Chen, L Cong, L Sun - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The dividing wall column (DWC) is considered as a major breakthrough in distillation
technology and has good prospect of industrialization. Model predictive control (MPC) is an …

Nonlinear multivariable control of a dividing wall column using a different-factor full-form model-free adaptive controller

C Chen, J Lu - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
A dividing wall column (DWC), characterized by multivariable control, strong nonlinearity,
and highly coupled systems, shows effective distillation capacity with a significant reduction …

Eco-efficiency analysis and intensification of the monochlorobenzene separation process through vapor recompression strategy

FR Figueiredo, DM Prata - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2025 - Elsevier
Monochlorobenzene is widely used in producing herbicides, pesticides, and
pharmaceuticals and, despite its toxicity and lack of a green substitute, has significant …

New suggested model reference adaptive controller for the divided wall distillation column

EM El-Gendy, MM Saafan, MS Elksas… - Industrial & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Distillation columns have proved to be the most reliable separation method for separating
chemical mixtures to their pure components. As the number of components to be separated …