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Design of Thermally Coupled Distillation Process Utilizing Existing Columns  

Lee, Moon Yong (Department of Chem. Eng., Yungnam University)
Kim, Young Han (Department of Chem. Eng., Dong-A Univ.)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.46, no.5, 2008 , pp. 1017-1022 More about this Journal
Abstract
Though many divided wall columns are implemented in field as energy-efficient distillation columns, its application is limited due to the difficulty of building a new column. A novel energy-efficient distillation system utilizing the existing columns is proposed here. The proposed can reduce the energy consumption by about 39% comparing with the existing system. And it is shown that the proposed improves the column operability over the existing. The tray numbers of the added columns have no significant influence on the composition of a side draw.
Keywords
Energy-Efficient Distillation; Thermally Coupled Distillation; Existing Column Utilization; Distillation Column Design;
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