Research Initiation Award: Stability and Steady State Multiplicity of Reactive Distillation Processes

9309172 奇里奇 这个项目探讨了多样性的稳定状态， 放热反应精馏塔的稳定性 三部分研究。 研究的第一部分揭示了 物理性质在稳态多重性中发挥作用， 多参数同伦延拓技术 第二 该研究的一部分评估了反应性的稳定性， 蒸馏塔，这种分析是复杂的逻辑 液体径流量与径流速率之间的关系 蒸馏塔板上持液量的变化。 这 逻辑关系在动态中造成不连续性 模型，因此，传统的特征值分析 技术不合适。 一种替代的优化方法， 稳定性测试提出，容易纳入 不连续性 这种基于优化的稳定性测试将 也可以用来寻找边际稳定点， 分叉图 研究的第三部分测试了 物理实验的数值预测。 ***

9309172 Ciric This project explores the steady state of multiplicity and stability of exothermic reactive distillation columns via a three part study. The first part of the study unravels the role physical properties play in steady state multiplicity using a multiparameter homotopic continuation technique. The second part of the study evaluates the stability of a reactive distillation column, This analysis is complicated by a logical relationship between the amount of liquid runoff and the rate of change of the liquid holdup on a distillation tray. This logical relationship creates discontinuities in the dynamic model, and as a consequence, conventional eigenvalue analysis techniques are inappropriate. An alternative optimization based stability test is proposed that readily incorporates the discontinuities. this optimization based stability test will also be used to find points of marginal stability for a bifurcation diagram. The third part of the research tests the numerical predictions with physical experiments. ***