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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2015.21.4.217

A Study on the Pressure-Swing Distillation of Ethanol-n-Heptane Azeotrope  

Noh, Sang Gyun (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)
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Clean Technology / v.21, no.4, 2015 , pp. 217-223 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present study, modelling and optimization of ethanol-n-heptane separation process were performed using pressure-swing distillation. The pressure-swing distillation process optimization was performed to obtain high purity ethanol and high purity n-heptane into a low-high pressure columns configuration and a high-low pressure columns configuration. The results of pressure-swing distillation process simulation and optimization using high-low pressure column configuration showed a reduced total reboiler heat duty at 5.8% which confirmed a more economical energy consumption.
Keywords
Azeotrope; Ethanol; n-Heptane; Pressure-swing distillation;
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