Tuesday, 24 April 2007: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Room 344 A & B (Hilton Americas-Houston)

Topical 8: Distillation Topical (T8)

#54 - New and Exciting Dynamics and Control Applications: Continuing the Heritage of Kunesh, Sakata and Zuiderweg (T8002)
Instrumentation and control of various distillation processes
Chair:Henry Z. Kister
CoChair:Michael D. Pritchett
CoSponsor(s):Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16)
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMSmart Plants, Smart Distillation
Jimmy L. Humphrey, J. Christopher Lewis, Frank Seibert
9:05 AMColumn Instrumentation Basics: Understanding Accuracy and Sources of Error Part 1
Ruth Sands
9:30 AMImproving the Efficiency and Reliability of Distillation Model-Predictive Control Projects
Umesh Mathur, Mike Morshedi, Victor L. Rice, Robert D. Rounding, Daniel R. Webb, Robert J. Conroy
10:00 AMTwo-Phase-Flow and Stress on Internals during Pressure Relief Events on Distillation Columns: Experimental Investigation and Dynamic Simulation
Daniel Staak, Jens-Uwe Repke, Günter Wozny
10:30 AMBreak
10:45 AMImprove Column Control by Modifications to Temperature Control Strategies
Ruth Sands, Ken Jackson, Jim England
11:15 AMControl of a Batch Distillation Column
Hongbin Dong, Jim Riggs
11:40 AMColumn Instrumentation Basics: Understanding Accuracy and Sources of Error Part 2
Ruth Sands
12:05 PMEnergy Use in Distillation Operation: Nonlinear Economic Effects
Douglas C. White
12:30 PMConcluding Remarks

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