Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure

Dividing wall column (DWC) is an advanced technology which could decrease energy consumption. As the vertical wall inserted in DWC increases the degree of freedom of systems, the control becomes more difficult than the conventional columns. In this study, the mixture glycols (1, 2-propanediol+ 1, 3-...

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Main Authors: Zhihui Ma, Yanyang Wu, Jianyuan Xu, Kui Chen, Bin Wu, Lijun Ji
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3915508
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author Zhihui Ma
Yanyang Wu
Jianyuan Xu
Kui Chen
Bin Wu
Lijun Ji
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Lijun Ji
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description Dividing wall column (DWC) is an advanced technology which could decrease energy consumption. As the vertical wall inserted in DWC increases the degree of freedom of systems, the control becomes more difficult than the conventional columns. In this study, the mixture glycols (1, 2-propanediol+ 1, 3-butanediol+ 1, 4-butanediol) were taken as feed, an optimized DWC structure was proposed, and three control structures for DWC were tested by ± 10% feed disturbances. The temperature control structure (CS1) was hard to control the system while composition control structure (CS2) and flow rate-composition cascade control structure (CS3) had good performance on controlling the DWC. It showed that CS3 was superior to CS2, as CS3 could stabilize the DWC within 4 hours, and the maximum deviations of the three products, namely 1, 2-propanediol, 1, 3-butanediol and 1, 4-butanediol, were 0.07%, 1.44%, and 0.46% respectively, while CS2 could realize the stability within 7 hours, and the corresponding numbers were 0.35%, 2.78%, and 0.41%, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-d717329c232348e5bbe8dd9e86b40cc72025-02-03T05:49:20ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90712022-01-01202210.1155/2022/3915508Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control StructureZhihui Ma0Yanyang Wu1Jianyuan Xu2Kui Chen3Bin Wu4Lijun Ji5Chemical Engineering Research CenterChemical Engineering Research CenterChemical Engineering Research CenterChemical Engineering Research CenterChemical Engineering Research CenterChemical Engineering Research CenterDividing wall column (DWC) is an advanced technology which could decrease energy consumption. As the vertical wall inserted in DWC increases the degree of freedom of systems, the control becomes more difficult than the conventional columns. In this study, the mixture glycols (1, 2-propanediol+ 1, 3-butanediol+ 1, 4-butanediol) were taken as feed, an optimized DWC structure was proposed, and three control structures for DWC were tested by ± 10% feed disturbances. The temperature control structure (CS1) was hard to control the system while composition control structure (CS2) and flow rate-composition cascade control structure (CS3) had good performance on controlling the DWC. It showed that CS3 was superior to CS2, as CS3 could stabilize the DWC within 4 hours, and the maximum deviations of the three products, namely 1, 2-propanediol, 1, 3-butanediol and 1, 4-butanediol, were 0.07%, 1.44%, and 0.46% respectively, while CS2 could realize the stability within 7 hours, and the corresponding numbers were 0.35%, 2.78%, and 0.41%, respectively.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3915508
spellingShingle Zhihui Ma
Yanyang Wu
Jianyuan Xu
Kui Chen
Bin Wu
Lijun Ji
Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure
Journal of Chemistry
title Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure
title_full Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure
title_fullStr Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure
title_full_unstemmed Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure
title_short Separating Mixture Glycols in DWC with Flow Rate-Composition Cascade Control Structure
title_sort separating mixture glycols in dwc with flow rate composition cascade control structure
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3915508
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