Energy conservation in distillation: a technology applications manual
Distillation is the most widely practiced technique for separating mixtures of chemical species, but it is an energy intensive process. A 10% reduction in distillation energy consumption would effect a significant savings. On a national basis this would be an annual savings of 200 trillion Btu, or the equivalent of 36.5 million barrels of oil per year. Technology to achieve these savings in distillation energy is available and measures are presented to assist process engineers in technical and economic analysis of the energy conservation measures most suitable for particular distillation applications. The manual catalogs all of the energy conservation options applicable to distillation and the options by the investment required; describes in detail the options having a significant potential to reduce distillation energy requirements economically; provides guidelines that will allow the plant engineer to quickly screen each option for his application; and provides short-cut calculation procedures for use in a preliminary economic analysis of promising options.
- Research Organization:
- Radian Corp., Austin, TX (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 5159289
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/4431-T2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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