Schmidt design concepts

So far, the concept has been used for the isomerization of glucose to fructose (Hashimoto et al., 1983 and Borren and Schmidt-Traub, 2004), but further applications such as thermal racemizations are conceivable. An application for reactive systems with more than two components is also possible if special catalysts or operating conditions are required. However, an even more complex design, as well as control of the process, has to be taken into account. 

Schmidt [9] introduced a concept for the design of columns packed with randomly filled 8—50 mm ceramic Raschig rings. He performed elaborate rectification tests in a column with a diameter of 0.3 m and a packing height of 2 m, using 7 binary mixtures at top pressures ranging between 66 and 1000 mbar, and used the results of... 

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