Towards energy efficient distillation technologies - Making the right choice

Energy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 531-542

  Kiss, Anton A ^a   Flores Landaeta, Servando J ^a,b   Infante Ferreira, Carlos A ^c  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic distillation; DWC; Heat pumps; HIDiC; Kaibel column; Technology selection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY; VAPORS;

DWC; ENERGY-EFFICIENT DISTILLATION; HEAT INTEGRATED DISTILLATION COLUMN; HEAT PUMPS; HIDIC; HIGH QUALITY; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; OPERATING PRESSURE; PRODUCT FLOW; SELECTION CRITERIA; SELECTION SCHEME; SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; VAPOR COMPRESSION; VAPOR RECOMPRESSION;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

CONDENSATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PUMP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEPARATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84868559225     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.09.038     Document Type: Article

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