TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
Part I Steady-State Design of Ideal Quaternary System 15
2 Parameter Effects 17
3 Economic Comparison of Reactive Distillation with a Conventional Process 37
4 Neat Operation Versus Using Excess Reactant 71
Part II Steady-State Design of Other Ideal Systems 87
5 Ternary Reactive Distillation Systems 89
6 Ternary Decomposition Reaction 119
Part III Steady-State Design of Real Chemical Systems 145
7 Steady-State Design for Acetic Acid Esterification 147
8 Design of Tame Reactive Distillation Systems 179
9 Design of MTBE and ETBE Reactive Distillation Columns 213
Part IV Control of Ideal Systems 239
10 Control of Quaternary Reactive Distillation Columns 241
11 Control of Excess Reactant Systems 261
12 Control of Ternary Reactive Distillation Columns 293
Part V Control of Real Systems 353
13 Control of Reactive Distillations for Acetic Acid Esterification 355
14 Plantwide Control of Tame Reactive Distillation System 389
ETBE Reactive Distillation Columns 407
Part VI Hydrid and Nonconventional Systems 429
16 Design and Control of Column/Side Reactor Systems 431
17 Effects of Boiling Point Rankings on the Design of Reactive Distillation 487
18 Effects of Feed Tray Locations on Design and Control of Reactive Distillation 519
Appendix Catalog of Types of Real Reactive Distillation Systems 545
References 563
Index 573
