Design and control of a middle-vessel batch distillation for separating DMC-EMC-DEC mixture

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2017.11.014

Chin.J.Chem.Eng. ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (9): 1837-1844.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.11.014

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Design and control of a middle-vessel batch distillation for separating DMC-EMC-DEC mixture

Minyan Zhu, Yafei Hou, Na Yu, Mengqi Chen, Zhanhua Ma, Lanyi Sun

State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao 266580, China

Received:2017-08-02 Revised:2017-11-10 Online:2018-10-17 Published:2018-09-28
Contact: Lanyi Sun,E-mail address:sunlanyi@upc.edu.cn
Supported by:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676299, 21476261, 21506255).

Design and control of a middle-vessel batch distillation for separating DMC-EMC-DEC mixture

Minyan Zhu, Yafei Hou, Na Yu, Mengqi Chen, Zhanhua Ma, Lanyi Sun

State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao 266580, China

通讯作者: Lanyi Sun,E-mail address:sunlanyi@upc.edu.cn
基金资助:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676299, 21476261, 21506255).

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, the mixture of dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate was separated by middle-vessel batch distillation with feeding in middle-vessel and process control characteristics were researched. The steady state simulation results in Aspen Plus were exported to Aspen Dynamics. Then control effect of liquid level control with HighSelector, composition control (structure1, structure2) and temperature control (proportional action, proportional integration action) were proposed. Composition control structure 2 and temperature control with PI action were investigated to achieve a good control effect.

Key words: Middle-vessel batch distillation, Ternary mixture, Aspen Dynamics, Process control

摘要： In this paper, the mixture of dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate was separated by middle-vessel batch distillation with feeding in middle-vessel and process control characteristics were researched. The steady state simulation results in Aspen Plus were exported to Aspen Dynamics. Then control effect of liquid level control with HighSelector, composition control (structure1, structure2) and temperature control (proportional action, proportional integration action) were proposed. Composition control structure 2 and temperature control with PI action were investigated to achieve a good control effect.

关键词: Middle-vessel batch distillation, Ternary mixture, Aspen Dynamics, Process control

Minyan Zhu, Yafei Hou, Na Yu, Mengqi Chen, Zhanhua Ma, Lanyi Sun. Design and control of a middle-vessel batch distillation for separating DMC-EMC-DEC mixture[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2018, 26(9): 1837-1844.

Minyan Zhu, Yafei Hou, Na Yu, Mengqi Chen, Zhanhua Ma, Lanyi Sun. Design and control of a middle-vessel batch distillation for separating DMC-EMC-DEC mixture[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018, 26(9): 1837-1844.

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