The transfer project within the SFB/TR63, which was carried out in cooperation with BASF, aimed at the development of a systematic design method for membrane-supported rectification processes. Based on the preliminary work of the Chair of Fluid Process Engineering at the TU Dortmund University, methods were developed to identify and evaluate suitable membrane processes and potential hybrid process variants. Instead of focusing on a specific membrane technology, a multitude of membrane processes is considered. In addition, different approaches for the optimization-based evaluation of energy-integrated rectification processes were developed for a fair evaluation. Furthermore, a method for the identification of the necessary modeling depth for the design of the rectification process was developed, which took into account not only theoretical investigations but also a number of experimental studies carried out by both project partners.

Cooperation partner: BASF

Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrzej Górak (2017-2019)

Publications:

• Scharzec, B. and Waltermann, T. and Skiborowski, M. (2017). A Systematic Approach towards Synthesis and Design of Pervaporation-Assisted Separation Processes. Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 89 (11), 1534--1549. [doi] [www] [BibTex]
• Waltermann, T. and Benfer, R. and Schlueter, S. and Reinhardt, A. and Knoesche, C. and Górak, A. and Skiborowski, M. (2018). Choosing the right model for distillation processes in packed columns: Theory and experiments. Chemical Engineering Transactions. 69 367--372. [doi] [www] [BibTex]
• Waltermann, T. and Grueters, T. and Muenchrath, D. and Skiborowski, M. (2020). Efficient optimization-based design of energy-integrated azeotropic distillation processes. Computers and Chemical Engineering. 133 [doi] [www] [BibTex]
• Waltermann, T. and Grueters, T. and Skiborowski, M. (2018). Optimization of extractive distillation – integrated solvent selection and energy integration. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 44 187--192. [doi] [www] [BibTex]
• Waltermann, T. and Schlueter, S. and Benfer, R. and Knoesche, C. and Górak, A. and Skiborowski, M. (2020). Model Discrimination for Multicomponent Distillation – A Geometrical Approach for Total Reflux. Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 92 (7), 890--906. [doi] [www] [BibTex]
• Waltermann, T. and Sibbing, S. and Skiborowski, M. (2019). Optimization-based design of dividing wall columns with extended and multiple dividing walls for three- and four-product separations. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 146 [doi] [www] [BibTex]
• Waltermann, T. and Skiborowski, M. (2019). Efficient optimization-based design of energy-integrated distillation processes. Computers and Chemical Engineering. 129 [doi] [www] [BibTex]