Harwardt, AndreasAndreasHarwardtSkiborowski, MirkoMirkoSkiborowskiMarquardt, WolfgangWolfgangMarquardt2020-12-152020-12-152012Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 30: 517-521 (2012)978-0-444-59431-0http://hdl.handle.net/11420/8249Modular design of process equipment has the potential to reduce time to market and cost. In order to tap the full economic potential of modular design, the constraints relating to modular equipment should be considered early on in the design process. However, aspects of modular design of equipment are not supported by established conceptual design tools and methodologies. Therefore, optimization-based conceptual design methodology for distillation columns is extended to include these aspects. A superstructure model and a solution strategy are presented to solve such design problems with high computational efficiency and robustness.enConceptual designDistillationModularizationOptimizationTechnology::600: TechnologyConference Paper10.1016/B978-0-444-59519-5.50104-0Conference Paper