Tuesday, 24 April 2007 - 8:35 AM
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Smart Plants, Smart Distillation

Jimmy L. Humphrey, Consultant, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 133/CEER, Austin, TX 78758, J. Christopher Lewis, Separations Research Program, UT-Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 133/CEER, Austin, TX 78758, and Frank Seibert, Separations Research Program, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg 133/CEER, Austin, TX 78758.

What are Smart Plants and What is Smart Distillation?

This question will be answered and a practical example will be presented to show how Smart Distillation, based on a recently patented flood predictor model, can be used to maximize column throughput without flooding.