Distillation Control; Optimization ― Operation Fundamentals Through Software Control

Complete coverage of control processes in distillation, with an emphasis on engineering economics to maximize plant profits

Distillation Control & Optimization: Operation Fundamentals through Software Control uniquely focuses on the control problems of distillation processes, as opposed to design and troubleshooting. Written by an expert with 30 years of industry experience, the book discusses regulatory control and development of advanced control system and includes examples from commercial units analyzed using results of rigorous simulation models.

• Procedures for developing successful applications, specifically for main fractionators
• Rigorous approach to component composition in light ends columns, with application to many columns
• Provides understanding of regulatory control and development of advanced control systems (such as MPC – multivariable predictive control)
• Describes typical problems of specific separation processes
• Helps you to evaluate the effectiveness of control systems
• Provides a problem-solving methodology for the operation and control of specific distillation units

Alessandro Brambilla is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pisa and a process chemical engineer and application and quality supervisor at ALPHA Process Control. He was a full professor and head of the Chemical Engineering Department and director of the Chemical Engineering Program and PhD courses at the University of Pisa. Dr. Brambilla was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Davis, and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He teaches many training courses to engineers in industry (refining and petrochemical) and from companies offering services for advanced control applications.