110th Anniversary: Thermal Coupling via Heat Transfer: A Potential Route to Simple Distillation Configurations with Lower Heat Duty
Abstract
Numerous configurations are available for the separation of a multicomponent mixture by distillation; each of which has different energy requirements. Here, we classify heat integration (a valuable method of reducing energy requirements) within distillation into two categories: conventional thermal coupling with mass exchange between columns (TCM) and thermal coupling via heat transfer without mass exchange (TCH). The sharp split distillation configurations, with the lowest number of distillation sections and transfer streams, provide simple distillation configurations but are known to have heat duties that are much higher than the fully thermally coupled (FTC) or Petlyuk configuration. However, for a mixture with four or more components, FTC, having the maximum number of column sections, is a complex configuration to build and operate. Through specific examples of four and five component distillations, we present, for the first time, sharp split configurations, using only one TCH and no TCM, which have a lower heat duty than the corresponding FTC containing only TCM, without requiring substantial pressure changes in the system.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1976098
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0005768
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 47; Journal ID: ISSN 0888-5885
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 42 ENGINEERING; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Multicomponent distillation; Fully thermally coupled (Petlyuk) configuration; Heat integration; Animal feed; Distillation; Heat transfer; Liquids; Mixtures
Citation Formats
Mathew, Tony Joseph, Gooty, Radhakrishna Tumbalam, Tawarmalani, Mohit, and Agrawal, Rakesh. 110th Anniversary: Thermal Coupling via Heat Transfer: A Potential Route to Simple Distillation Configurations with Lower Heat Duty. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04689.
Mathew, Tony Joseph, Gooty, Radhakrishna Tumbalam, Tawarmalani, Mohit, & Agrawal, Rakesh. 110th Anniversary: Thermal Coupling via Heat Transfer: A Potential Route to Simple Distillation Configurations with Lower Heat Duty. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04689
Mathew, Tony Joseph, Gooty, Radhakrishna Tumbalam, Tawarmalani, Mohit, and Agrawal, Rakesh. Thu .
"110th Anniversary: Thermal Coupling via Heat Transfer: A Potential Route to Simple Distillation Configurations with Lower Heat Duty". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04689. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1976098.
@article{osti_1976098,
title = {110th Anniversary: Thermal Coupling via Heat Transfer: A Potential Route to Simple Distillation Configurations with Lower Heat Duty},
author = {Mathew, Tony Joseph and Gooty, Radhakrishna Tumbalam and Tawarmalani, Mohit and Agrawal, Rakesh},
abstractNote = {Numerous configurations are available for the separation of a multicomponent mixture by distillation; each of which has different energy requirements. Here, we classify heat integration (a valuable method of reducing energy requirements) within distillation into two categories: conventional thermal coupling with mass exchange between columns (TCM) and thermal coupling via heat transfer without mass exchange (TCH). The sharp split distillation configurations, with the lowest number of distillation sections and transfer streams, provide simple distillation configurations but are known to have heat duties that are much higher than the fully thermally coupled (FTC) or Petlyuk configuration. However, for a mixture with four or more components, FTC, having the maximum number of column sections, is a complex configuration to build and operate. Through specific examples of four and five component distillations, we present, for the first time, sharp split configurations, using only one TCH and no TCM, which have a lower heat duty than the corresponding FTC containing only TCM, without requiring substantial pressure changes in the system.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04689},
journal = {Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research},
number = 47,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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