Heat integrated distillation system design

Robin Smith, Megan Jobson, Lu Chen, Sonia Farrokhpanah

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    Abstract

    Distillation is the largest single energy consumer in the chemical process industries. However, distillation does not consume energy but degrades the heat input to the reboiler that is subsequently rejected in the condenser. The most effective way to reduce the energy consumption of distillation is by effective heat integration. However, the distillation design and operation must be considered simultaneously with its heat integration. For single distillation columns it is straightforward to identify appropriate heat integration opportunities. For complex distillation systems, the most appropriate combination of distillation system design and operation and heat integration are far from straightforward. The whole separation system together with its heat integration and utility system must be considered simultaneously. This presentation will explain new approaches to be design of heat integrated distillation systems. Examples will be developed from crude oil distillation and from low-temperature separation in chemicals production. Copyright © 2010, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationChemical Engineering Transactions|Chem. Eng. Trans.
    Place of PublicationItaly
    Pages19-24
    Number of pages5
    Volume21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    Event13th International Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, PRES 2010 - Prague
    Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → …

    Conference

    Conference13th International Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, PRES 2010
    CityPrague
    Period1/07/10 → …

    Keywords

    • Chemical process industry
    • Distillation design
    • Distillation systems
    • Energy consumer
    • Energy consumption
    • Heat input
    • Heat integration
    • Heat-integrated distillation
    • Low temperatures
    • New approaches
    • Separation systems
    • Utility systems
    • Chemical industry
    • Crude oil
    • Design
    • Distillation
    • Energy conservation
    • Energy utilization
    • Integration
    • Low temperature production
    • Optimization
    • Pollution
    • Systems analysis
    • Distillation columns

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