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Title: Process Intensification in Multicomponent Distillation: A Review of Recent Advancements

Journal Article · · Chemical Engineering Research and Design
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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Process Intensification (PI) is an emerging concept in chemical engineering that describes the design innovations that lead to significant shrinkage in size and boost in efficiency of a process plant. Distillation, the most commonly used separation technique in the chemical industry, is a crucial component of PI. We systematically discuss the following aspects of PI in non-azeotropic multicomponent distillation: 1) Introducing thermal couplings to eliminate intermediate reboilers and condensers to save energy and capital cost; 2) Improving operability of thermally coupled columns by means of eliminating vapor streams in thermal couplings with only liquid transfers or column section rearrangement; 3) Enabling double and multi-effect distillation of thermally coupled configurations to further reduce heat duty; 4) Performing simultaneous heat and mass integration among thermally coupled columns to reduce the number of columns and heat duty; and 5) Conducting any thermally coupled distillation in n-product streams using 1 to n - 2 column shells with operable novel dividing wall columns. We demonstrate these aspects of PI through examples to illustrate how they lead to compact, easy-to-operate, energy efficient and cost effective multicomponent distillation system designs.

Research Organization:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0005768
OSTI ID:
1511532
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1777614
Journal Information:
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Vol. 147; ISSN 0263-8762
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 38 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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