Control and optimization of aromatic compounds in multivariable distillation column

• Main Authors: Al-Shatri, Ali Hussein, Ahmad, Arshad, Abdullah, Normah, Oladokun, Olagoke, Al-Shani, Al-Shanini, Ali, Khalil, Mohamed A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58161/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET1545079

Product separations in petroleum refineries depend significantly on distillation process, which is known to be challenging to be optimally managed, especially when multiple products with variety of purity requirements are involved due to nonlinear dynamics and high degree of process interactions. In...