De Haagse Hogeschool
The Distillation System
Hugo Burggraaff Technische Natuurkunde
Zero Emission Fuels is a start-up company
that wants to produce green methanol in
the most efficient way possible.
My goal?
My goal at ZEF is to let the distillation system function
under any environmental dynamics. This can be done by
understanding the following sub-goals:
(a) Understanding parameters that effect the system.
(b) Understanding the control system.
(C) Create fast robust and dynamic control scheme.
The eventual goal of the company with
the distillation system?
-The produced methanol needs to reach a purity
of 99.85% (this is also called AA grade) and the
produced water is 99.6%
-The system needs to produce a production rate
of 250 grams of methanol per hour
-For the system needs to run as efficiently as
possible
Conclusion
The first and second sub-goal are achieved. The third sub-goal
not since the dynamic behavior of the column is not up to the
desired standards, but progress has been made which makes
the team confident that this third goal will also be achieved.
Data
On the right one of the
data sets can be seen
that has been used for
progression. The lines
in the orange bubble
are not straight which
was due to entrainment
which then needs a
solution.
Sketch of the distillation system