Parameter estimation for the simulation of liquid chromatography

The simulation of preparative or production scale chromatographic processes becomes necessary, as far as not only separation but optimal operation is required. The proposed strategy for modelling and parameter estimation provides a straightforward method for successful imaging of chromatographic processes in computer mathematics as an axial dispersed tubular reactor model with linear diffusion between solid and mobile phase and arbitrary isotherms. Consistent data for parameter estimation are collected from a simple single-column setup. All calculations (parameter estimations and simulations) were performed using the dynamic simulation tool SPEEDUP (Aspen, Cambridge, MA, USA).