(186c) Operation and Control of Distillation Columns
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2017
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This paper discusses the fundamentals of the operation and control of trayed and packed distillation columns.
Typical operational issues such as flooding will be discussed.
Control schemes for various distillation column configurations are discussed with their pros and cons.