• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.668-671
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• 2010

A lab scale distillation experiment is conducted with small size packing used in lab scale multi-tray distillation equipment for the performance evaluation of distillation system. A sufficient surface are yielded with 6.7 mm cylindrical packings made of stainless steel, and a good liquid holdup and residence time are resulted. The comparison between the theoretical tray from the HYSYS and the experimental distillation outcome indicates that a 7 cm HETP from 27 cm packing height and a 8 cm HETP from 45 cm packing height are obtained. Comparing with the 8 cm HETP of commercial structured packing shows a similar experimental results obtained here. The 7 cm HETP is available with a complete insulation, and the importance of the insulation is proved. The results of this study indicates that a practical distillation column used in field can be tested in lab.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.539-544
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• 1998

MEO 공정에서 발생하는 질산폐액으로 부터 고농도 질산을 회수하기 위한 증발및 증류 공정특성을 연구하였다. 증발율이 20 이상인 경우 질산회수가 최대가 되는 특정 염농도가 존재함을 알 수 있었다. 증발율이 25인 경우 증발공정에서 발생한 묽은 질산용액을 12 M의 고농도 질산용액으로 농축하기 위한 증류탑을 계산하였다. 그 결과 증류탑은 효을이 70%인 9개의 단으로 구성되고, 환류비 0.25, 재비기 열량 2.7 kW, 응축기 열량 0.4 kW의 운전조건을 도출하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.474-481
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• 2005

In this study, modeling and optimization work were performed to obtain nearly pure anhydrous ethanol from aqueous ethanol mixtures using benzene as an entrainer. NRTL liquid activity coefficient model was adopted for phase equilibrium calculations and PRO/II with PROVISION 6.01, a commercial process simulator, was used to simulate the azeotropic distillation process. We used the total reboiler heat duties as an objective function and the concentration of ethanol at concentrator top as a manipulated variable. As a result, 76 mole percent of ethanol at concentrator top gave an optimum value which minimized the total reboiler heat duties of three distillation columns.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.35-40
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• 2008

A distillation tower is one of the important facilities which separates and refines a crude oil stream according to certain boiling points. Its operation efficiency can affect the productivity of a refinery substantially. The objective of this study is to elucidate some operational information on the internal conditions of a distillation tower from a measurement of density profile by using a sealed gamma-ray source and a radiation detector. Gamma radiation counts were measured by a BGO detector positioned diametrically outside the tower-wall, opposite to the gamma source(Co-60) as the detector and the source were lowered concurrently. From the results, structural abnormality of the trays was not found inside the tower. Considering the flow distribution patterns, however, a vapor phase was dominantly formed at the upper part of the tower and a liquid phase at the lower part. From the gamma scanning of the distillation tower, it is anticipated that the gamma absorption technique can be used as an important tool for confirming the structural soundness of trays and investigating flow distribution in refinery facilities.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.220-224
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• 1999

Lactic acid was reacted with alcohol into lactate ester, and lactate ester produced in esterification reaction was distilled simultaneously with hydrolysis reaction into lactic acid. When the yields of lactic acid recovered by batch reactive distillations with various alcohols were compared, the yield of lactic acid was increased as the volatility of lactate ester was increased. In this batch reactive distillation, because the mixtures condensed in partial condensor were flown to reboiler through distillation column, the recovery yield of lactic acid was affected by operation temperature of partial condensor. Hydrolysis reaction into lactic acid in distillation column rarelyoccurred because of short retention time of lactate ester and water. Lactate ester was reacted into lactic acid in reboiler.

• ICROS
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.10-18
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• 2000

• ICROS
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.46-53
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• 2000

• ICROS
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.54-61
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• 2000

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.61-62
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• 2016

우라늄전착물의 염 증류공정은 pyroprocess의 bottle neck에 해당되며, 회분식으로 조업된다. 본 발명에서는 증류탑 전단계에 고액분리실을 설치하고, 증류탑 후단에 냉각실을 설치하여, 전착물 도가니가 고액분리조- 증류조- 냉각조를 순차적으로 통과하여 조업시간을 크게 단축할 수 있도록 하였다. 또 도가니가 고온에서 이동할 수 있도록 중간에 고온 밸브를 설치하여 도가니가 다음 단계로 이동하면 새로운 전착물 도가니가 도입되어 연속적으로 조업이 가능하여 처리 용량이 향상되도록 하였다. 이에 따라 단위 시간당 처리용량을 현저히 높일 수 있다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.307-313
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• 2014

In this study, an optimization process design has been performed to separate 99.9 mol% of Isobutyl Acetate from binary azeotropic mixture of Isobutyl Acetate and Isobutyl Alcohol system using a Pressure Swing Distillation (PSD). PSD is used to separate binary azeotropic mixtures using the difference between the relative volatilities and azeotropic compositions by changing the system pressure. Non-Random Two Liquid (NRTL) model for liquid phase and the Peng-Robinson equation for vapor phase are used. An optimization study for the reflux ratio and feed stage locations which minimize the total reboiler heat duties are studied. Since PSD process consists of two columns, i.e. high pressure and low pressure, the effect of column sequence on the optimum conditions is reported.