Application of S88 Model in the Control of Continuous Distillation Facilities

Overview:

A recipe control of a continuous distillation plant was a challenge in its design, simulation, validation and successful exploitation. The plant was used for solvent recovery in an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Production Facility (API). Following S88 models, which were used as tools in structuring a specific process cell, which had several trains with batch operating units, it was decided to apply and extend the same approach on the continuous processes as well.