Art Westerberg Publications

Books/Chapters in Books

Biegler, L.T., I.E. Grossmann, and A.W. Westerberg, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1997). (Plus Solutions Manual, completed December 1997.)

Refereed Journal Articles

Safrit, B.T., and A.W. Westerberg, "Improved Operational Policies for Batch Extractive Distillation Columns," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol. 36, No. 2, 436-443 (1997).

Safrit, B.T., and A.W. Westerberg, "Algorithm for Generating the Distillation Regions for Azeotropic Multicomponent Mixtures," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol. 36, No. 5, 1827-1840 (1997).

Safrit, B.T., and A.W. Westerberg, "Synthesis of Azeotropic Batch Distillation Separation Systems," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol. 36, No. 5, 1841-1854 (1997)

Abbott, K.A., B.A. Allan, and A.W. Westerberg, Global Preordering for Newton Equations Using Model Hierarchy, AIChE J, Vol. 43, No. 12, pp 3193-3204 (1997).

Westerberg, A.W., E. Subrahmanian, Y. Reich, S. Konda and the n-dim group, "Designing the Design Process," Computers chem Engng, Vol. 21, Suppl., ppS1-S9 (1997). Presented as Invited Keynote Lecture, PSESCAPE 97 (1997).

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan and A.W. Westerberg, "Circumventing an Azeotrope in Reactive Distillation," Ind. Eng. Chem Res., Vol. 39, 1061-1063 (2000). 

Hauan, S., A.R. Ciric, A.W. Westerberg and K.M. Lien, "Difference Points in Exractive and Reactive Cascades. I - Basic Properties and Analysis," Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol. 55(16), 3145-3159 (2000). 

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan and A.W. Westerberg, "Graphical Methods for Reaction Distribution in a Reactive Distillation Column," AIChE J., Vol. 46(6), 1218-1233, June (2000). 

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan, K.M. Lien, and A.W. Westerberg, Geometric Interpretation of a New Lever Rule for Reactive Distillation Columns in Composition Vector Space," Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol. 55(16), 3161-3174 (2000). 

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan, K.M. Lien, and A.W. Westerberg, "A Graphical Method for Designing Reactive Distillation Columns: I. the Ponchon-Savarit Method," Proc. of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Vol. 456(2000), 1953 -1964 (2000). 

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan, K.M. Lien, and A.W. Westerberg, "A Graphical Method for Designing Reactive Distillation Columns: II. the McCabe-Thiele Method," Proc. of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Vol. 456(2000), 1965 -1978 (2000). 

Grossmann, I.E., and A.W. Westerberg, "Research Challenges in Process Systems Engineering," AIChE J, 46(9), 1700-1703 (2000). 

Turk, A.L., P.M. Herder, A.W. Westerberg and E. Subrahmanian, "Challenges for Process Systems Engineering in Infrastructure Design," Comp. Chem. Engng. 24 (2-7), 1775-1780 (2000).

Westerberg, A.W., and E. Subrahmanian, "Product Design," Comp. Chem. Engng, 24 (2-7), 959-966 (2000). 

Lee, J.W., and A.W. Westerberg, "Visualization of Stage Calculations in Ternary Reacting Mixtures," Comp. Chem. Engng, 24(2-7), 639-644 (2000). 

Grossmann, I.E., and A.W. Westerberg, "Research Challenges in Process Systems Engineering," Invited Perspective, AIChE J, 46(9), 1700-1703 (2000). 

Westerberg, A.W., J.W. Lee, S. Hauan, "Synthesis of Distillation-based Processes for Non-ideal Mixtures," paper presented at CEPAC, Santa Fe, Argentina, August (1999), Comp. Chem. Engng, 24(9-10), 2043-2054 (2000). 

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan and A.W. Westerberg, "Extreme conditions in binary reactive distillation," presented AIChE annual meeting, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1999, AIChE J, 46(11), 2225-2236 (2000).

Lee, J.W., S. Hauan and A.W. Westerberg, "Feasibility of a Reactive Distillation Column with Reactive Mixtures," Ind Eng Chem Res, Vol 40  (12), 2714-2728 (2001).

Lee, J.W. and A.W. Westerberg, Graphical Design Applied to the MTBE and Methyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Processes, paper 242a, Annual AIChE Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. (2000), AIChE J, 47 (6), 1333-1345 > (2001).