Preliminary Program subject to change
T8004 Advances in Distillation Modeling & Processes
OverviewThis session will address current research and application of new process modeling techniques.
Primary SponsorTopical 8: Distillation Topical (T8)

Chair

Ross Taylor
Kodak Professor of Chemical Engineering
Clarkson University
Department of Chemical Engineering
Potsdam, NY 13699
Phone Number: 315-268-6652
Fax Number: 315-268-6654
Email: taylor@clarkson.edu
Tray Design Techniques at Low Liquid Load Conditions
Daniel R. Summers, Sulzer, 4019 South Jackson Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74107 and Andrew W. Sloley, VECO USA, Inc., 1313 Bay Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Distillation Column Flooding Predictor
M. Geoff Mphahlele, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Room 1.310D, Austin, TX 78758 and R. Bruce Eldridge, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, CPE 4.408, Austin, TX 78712
Computer-Aided Graphical Tool for Complex Column Design
Michaela Vrey1, Simon Thornhill Holland2, Diane Hildebrandt2 and David Glasser2, (1)Center of Process and Materials Engineering (COMPS), University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa, (2)Center of Process and Materials Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
Heat-Integrated Distillation Sequence Synthesis
Santosh Jain, Jin-Kuk Kim and Robin Smith, Centre for Process Integration, The University of Manchester, Sackville Street, PO Box 88, M60 1QD, Manchester, United Kingdom
Synthesis and Design of Energy Efficient Distillation
Angelo Lucia, University of Rhode Island, Dept of Chem. Engineering, Kingston, RI 02881, Ross Taylor, Clarkson University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Potsdam, NY 13699 and Amit Amale, Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 16 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881-0805
How to Decide When and How Much to Use Reactive Distillation: a Case Study on Mtbe System
Jean Lubilanji, David Glasser and Diane Hildebrandt, Center of Process and Materials Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

Topical 8: Distillation Topical