Extension of thermodynamic insights on batch extractive distillation to continuous operation. 1. azeotropic mixtures with a heavy entrainer... A minimum reflux ratio R also exists....
Utilisation of column profile maps for the design and optimisation of complex distillation processesA novel technique for computing the minimum reflux for multi-component conventional columns as well as complex configurations has been developed....
Invariant imbedding, iterative linearization, and multistage countercurrent processes. vii. distillation column at minimum reflux and nonlinear boundary value problems AbstractThe concept of treating multicomponent distillation problems as nonlinear boundary value problems in difference equations is used to solve columns at minimum reflux....
Procedures for minimum reflux ratio calculation and for the optimization of distillate flow rate in distillation columns... New methods for the calculation of the minimum reflux ratio for multicomponent distillation columns are also presented....
