| (Di)still modeling after all these years : a view of the state of the art | p. 1 |
| Challenges and opportunities for the suppliers of technologies, equipment and services for separation towers | p. 21 |
| The dos and don'ts of distillation column control | p. 28 |
| Industrial absorption - current status and future aspects | p. 44 |
| Synthesis, design and retrofitting of energy efficient separation processes | p. 63 |
| Selectivity engineering with reactive distillation : determination of attainable region | p. 73 |
| Shortcut evaluation of absorption for synthesis of gas separation networks | p. 88 |
| Thermodynamic analysis of multicomponent distillation-reaction processes for conceptual process design | p. 100 |
| Experimental column profile maps with varying delta points in a continuous column for the acetone methanol ethanol system | p. 111 |
| Combining shortcut methods and rigorous MINLP optimization for the design of distillation processes for homogeneous azeotropic mixtures | p. 122 |
| Selection and pilot plant tests of new absorbents for post combustion carbon dioxide capture | p. 132 |
| Biodiesel production, lubricant fractionating and development of a new true boiling point curve through molecular distillation | p. 142 |
| Separation of methanol/butene/MTBE using hybrid distillation-membrane processes | p. 152 |
| Thermal integration of a distillation column through side-exchangers | p. 162 |
| Energy-saving characteristics of heat integrated distillation column technology applied to multi-component petroleum distillation | p. 172 |
| Heat and mass transfer characteristics of an annular sieve tray | p. 181 |
| On the track to understanding three phases in one tower | p. 190 |
| A non-linear wave model with variable molar flows for dynamic behaviour and disturbance propagation in distillation columns | p. 200 |
| Separation performance of structured packed columns : a comparison of two modelling approaches | p. 211 |
| Prediction of temperature and concentration distributions of distillation sieve trays by CFD | p. 220 |
| Mixed-phase feeds in mass transfer columns and liquid separation | p. 230 |
| How to surpass conventional and high capacity structured packings with Raschig Super-Pak | p. 241 |
| Liquid distribution behaviour of conventional and high capacity structured packings | p. 252 |
| Three-phase distillation in packed columns : guidelines for development, design and scale-up | p. 267 |
| Rate-based modelling and simulation of reactive stripping | p. 273 |
| A modified model of computational mass transfer for distillation column | p. 282 |
| Application of the penetration theory for gas-liquid mass transfer without liquid bulk - differences with systems with a bulk | p. 294 |
| High-performance trays : getting the best capacity and efficiency | p. 311 |
| The use of directional momentum devices on fractionation trays | p. 317 |
| Distillation trays that operate beyond the limits of gravity by using centrifugal separation | p. 327 |
| Development of a new distillation based process for trioxane production | p. 336 |
| Pressure optimisation of an original system of pressure swing with a reactive column | p. 344 |
| Methyl acetate hydrolysis in a reactive divided wall column | p. 353 |
| Conceptual design of reactive dividing wall columns | p. 364 |
| Experimental investigation of reactive distillation in combination with membrane separation | p. 373 |
| Troubleshoot packing maldistribution upset part 1 : temperature surveys and gamma scans | p. 384 |
| Foaming effect on random packing performance | p. 392 |
| Structured packing flooding : its measurement and prediction | p. 400 |
| Troubleshoot packing maldistribution upset part 2 : boiling and flashing in packed tower distributors | p. 409 |
| A new method to predict the susceptibility to form maldistribution in packed columns based on pressure drop correlations | p. 418 |
| The experimental simulation of the saddle point region in a distillation column profile map by using a batch apparatus | p. 431 |
| New method for the determination of batch heteroazeotropic distillation regions | p. 440 |
| Miniplant in modelling distillation for an isooctene process | p. 450 |
| Retrofit design for gas sweetening processes | p. 460 |
| Design of industrial reactive absorption processes in sour gas treatment using rigorous modelling and accurate experimentation | p. 469 |
| Theoretical and experimental study of the absorption rate of H[subscript 2]S in CuSO[subscript 4] solutions : the effect of enhancement of mass transfer by a precipitation reaction | p. 481 |
| Prediction of CO[subscript 2] and H[subscript 2]S solubility in aqueous MDEA solutions using an extended Kent and Eisenberg model | p. 498 |
| Solvent properties of functionalized ionic liquids for CO[subscript 2] absorption | p. 511 |
| Standardisation of mass transfer measurements - a basis for the description of absorption processes | p. 523 |
| Wetting performance and pressure drop of structured packings : CFD and experiment | p. 534 |
| Modeling and measurement of macroscopic flow fields in structured packings | p. 544 |
| Experimental investigation of reactive distillation Packing Katapak - SP 11 : hydrodynamic aspects and size effects | p. 554 |
| Phase transitions in quaternary reacting systems with esterification reaction | p. 563 |
| Liquid-liquid equilibrium in binary mixtures of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate and hydrocarbons | p. 574 |
| Absorption of carbonyl sulphide in aqueous piperazine | p. 581 |
| Self-optimizing control configurations for two-product distillation columns | p. 590 |
| Distillation column control using the whole temperature profile | p. 600 |
| Control properties of alternative schemes to thermally coupled distillation columns for ternary mixtures separations | p. 610 |
| Industrial experience with hybrid distillation - pervaporation or vapour permeation applications | p. 619 |
| Optimal configuration, design and operation of continuous hybrid distillation/pervaporation processes | p. 628 |
| Stabilizing operation of a 4-product integrated Kaibel column | p. 638 |
| Enrichment of natural products using an integrated solvent-free process : molecular distillation | p. 648 |
| Riser design in foam fractionation | p. 657 |
| Production of propyl acetate by reactive distillation : from experiments to simulation | p. 667 |
| Entrainer selection for the synthesis of fatty acid esters by entrainer-based reactive distillation | p. 678 |
| Functionalised solvents for olefin isomer purification by reactive extractive distillation | p. 689 |
| Separation of maximum azeotropes in a middle vessel column | p. 699 |
| Pressure swing batch distillation for homogenous azeotropic separation | p. 709 |
| Study of the thermally coupled distillation sequences using a nonequilibrium stage model | p. 719 |
| Dynamic analysis of distillation with thermal coupling for different operating conditions | p. 728 |
| Internal column-to-column heat transfer characteristics for energy-saving distillation system | p. 737 |
| A high-efficiency distillation system for batch or semi-batch chemical reactors | p. 745 |
| Comparison of the effective surface area of some highly effective random packings third and forth generation | p. 754 |
| Modeling of mixture separation in a column with structured packing. Effects of liquid maldistribution | p. 764 |
| CFD simulation and experimental validation of fluid flow in liquid distributors | p. 773 |
| The sandwich packing - a new type of structured packing to increase capacity and mass transfer of distillation columns | p. 786 |
| Rigorous method of minimum energy calculation for a fully thermally coupled distillation system | p. 790 |
| Distillation startup of fully thermally coupled distillation columns : theoretical examinations | p. 800 |
| On thermodynamics of evaporation processes in nonequilibrium systems | p. 809 |
| MINLP optimization of catalytic distillation columns using a rate-based model | p. 820 |
| Industrial application of a new batch extractive distillation operational policy | p. 830 |
| Continuous three phase distillation : a process for separating thermally instable substances | p. 840 |
| Method of design for packed column type HIDiC | p. 851 |
| Development of a hybrid solvent recovery process (combination of distillation and vapour permeation) | p. 854 |
| Strategies for identifying multiplicities in distillation systems using process simulators | p. 858 |
| Neural network based modelling and optimisation in batch reactive distillation | p. 868 |
| Liquid-liquid-liquid equilibrium calculations | p. 877 |
| Startup operation of a cyclic middle vessel batch distillation | p. 891 |
| An internally heat-integrated distillation column (HIDiC) in Japan | p. 900 |
| Experimental evaluation of sulphur dioxide absorption in water | p. 912 |
| Hydraulic measurements of sieve plate | p. 920 |
| Evaluation of phase equilibria for dilute mixtures for design purposes | p. 928 |
| Extended smoker's equation for calculating number of stages in distillation | p. 937 |
| Startup analysis of mass- and heat-integrated two-column-systems | p. 945 |
| Robust online optimization based on controller performance metrics for a high-pressure distillation column | p. 954 |
| How to decide when and how much to use reactive distillation | p. 964 |
| Variation of the interracial area during CO[subscript 2] absorption into alkanolamines aqueous solutions in a bubble column reactor | p. 973 |
| A study on an energy-saving tray DDV with new structures | p. 982 |
| Vapour-liquid mass transfer performance of modular catalytic structured packing | p. 991 |
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