Energy efficiency limitations of the conventional heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC) configuration for binary distillation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-130

  Shenvi, Anirudh A ^a   Herron, D Michael ^b   Agrawal, Rakesh ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY DISTILLATION; BINARY DISTILLATION COLUMNS; EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; FEED COMPOSITIONS; HEAT INTEGRATION; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT-INTEGRATED DISTILLATION COLUMNS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NOVEL METHODS; OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PRODUCT PURITY; STRIPPING SECTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BENCHMARKING; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; HEAT TRANSFER; PUMPS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 78650812372     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101698f     Document Type: Article

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