In this article, the dynamics and shock-control in a Reactive Distillation Column (RDC) for the
transesterification of ethanol and acetic acid was studied and simulated. The dynamic behavior of the
process was experimentally analyzed. The reactants were conducted in a fifteen stages RDC in a single feed
stream. An appropriate strategy was chosen and performed for column start up to achieve the steady state
condition. The temperature, pressure, mass flow rates (TPF) and mole fractions effects in feed were
considered in the column until a new steady state condition was obtained. For top flow of the column, the
simulated results were compared with the experimental data. It concluded that there were errors less than
8% for the mole fraction shock results. Furthermore, there were errors less than 3.5% for the feed
temp erature shock results. Therefore, the simulation method applied in the current research could simulate
a RDC well.