... and Fair,3(2) ConceptualDesign of Distillation Systems by Doherty and Malone,4 and (3) Reactive Distillation Status and Future Directions by Sundmacher and Kienle.5These books deal primarilywith ... processes and reactive distillation are presented. Reactive distillation columns in isolation and in plantwide systems areconsidered. There are many parameters that affect the design of a reactive distillation column. ... Distillation Systems, McGraw – Hill, New York, 2001,Chapter 10.5K. Sundmacher and A. Kienle, Editors, Reactive Distillation Status and Future Directions, Wiley– VCH,New York, 2003.PREFACE xixACKNOWLEDGMENTSCCY...