REACTIVE DISTILLATION HEAT INTEGRATED RD COLUMNS                                                                                         Process Intensification using Reactive Distillation, Heat Integrated RD, RDWC, TCRD Process Systems Design and Control Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University Dae-dong 214-1, Gyeongsan 712-749, Rep. of KOREA Phone: +82 53 810 3241, Fax: +82 53 811 3262, Email: mynlee@yu.ac.kr MOTIVATION The ongoing research focused on process intensification that targets dramatic improvement in existing processes into ones that are more precise and efficient than existing processes. Process intensification involves combining separate unit operations into a single piece of equipment resulting in a more efficient and economical manufacturing. The current research activities at PSDC are related to process intensification using reactive distillation, heat integrated RD columns, reactive divided wall columns and thermally coupled reactive distillation configurations. REACTIVE DISTILLATION HEAT INTEGRATED RD COLUMNS RDWC TCRD