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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2020.24.1.17

Design of Naphtha Cracker Gas Splitter Process in Petlyuk Column  

Lee, Ju Yeong (Ulsan College)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.24, no.1, 2020 , pp. 17-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
Light Naphtha is distillated from crude oil unit and separated into the methane, ethylene and propylene by boiling point difference in sequence. This separation is conducted using a series of binary-like columns. This separation method is known that the energy consumed in the reboiler is used to separate the heaviest components and most of this energy is discarded as vapor condensation in the overhead cooler. In this study, the first two columns of the separation process are replaced with the Petlyuk column. A structural design was exercised by the stage computation with ideal tray efficiency in equilibrium condition. Compared with the performance of a conventional system of 3-column model, The design outcome shows that the procedure is simple and efficient because the composition of the liquid component in the column tray was designed to be similar to the equilibrium distillation curve. The performance of the new process indicates that an energy saving of 12.1% is obtained and the cost savings of 44 million won per day based on gross domestic product is reduced under same total number of trays and the initial investment cost is saved.
Keywords
Petlyuk Column; Naphther Cracker; Aspen HYSYS; Energy saving;
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