Techno-economic comparison of energy usage between azeotropic distillation and hybrid system for water-ethanol separation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 310-316

  Kunnakorn, D ^a   Rirksomboon, T ^a   Siemanond, K ^a   Aungkavattana, P ^b   Kuanchertchoo, N ^c   Chuntanalerg, P ^a   Hemra, K ^b   Kulprathipanja, S ^d   James, R B ^d   Wongkasemjit, S ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL METAL AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

^c RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UOP LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Azeotropic distillation; NaA zeolite membrane; Pervaporation; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION; ENERGY USAGE; ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; HIGH PURITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; VERY HIGH ENERGIES; WATER-ETHANOL; ZEOLITE MEMBRANE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PERVAPORATION;

DISTILLATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEPARATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; WATER; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84867783539     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.09.055     Document Type: Article

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