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Single droplet experiments in Kühni compartment for five different liquid systems were used to evaluate Schmidt breakage model parameters. Based on these optimised parameters, Coulaloglou and Tavlarides coalescence model parameters were obtained by an inverse solution of population balance model (PBM) using the extended fixed‐pivot technique. The estimated interaction parameters were used to study the hydrodynamics of a pilot Kühni column. For online prediction purposes the One Primary and One Secondary Particle Model (OPOSPM), which is essentially a reduced population balance model (PBM), was used as an alternative to the computational expensive detailed PBM. Different test systems and column geometries were used for steady and transient state validation where OPOSPM was found to produce remarkable good results.

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An online monitoring and simulation tool (OMST) is used to determine, analyse, simulate and predict the multiphase flow behaviour in an extraction column within the context of model predictive control (MPC). The simulation was done with the droplet population model OPOSPM using an adapted moments method for online simulation. For validation, steady‐state and transient experiments are performed, where rotor speed and dispersed volume flow rate are changed using the EFCE system toluene–water. OMST deviations are between 3% (droplet sizes in steady state) and 20% (hold‐up in dynamic step‐changes) which are highly dependent on the quality of the parameter estimation.