A new strategy for product switchover and startup for a heat- and mass-integrated distillation system
- For most separations fully thermally coupled distillation columns are thermodynamically more efficient than conventional arrangements. In spite of the superiority of double-effect distillation systems to a single column concerning energy savings these systems are not often used in the industrial practice, because of the disadvantages in dynamic operability. Generally the product switchover is a complicated and protracted operation, where many process variables must be changed simultaneously. TheFor most separations fully thermally coupled distillation columns are thermodynamically more efficient than conventional arrangements. In spite of the superiority of double-effect distillation systems to a single column concerning energy savings these systems are not often used in the industrial practice, because of the disadvantages in dynamic operability. Generally the product switchover is a complicated and protracted operation, where many process variables must be changed simultaneously. The economic and ecological interest is to minimize the time of switchover periods, which are generally non-productive and require long times especially for coupled systems. The aim of this study is to reduce the time needed for the product switchover of coupled distillation systems. This paper presents a new product switchover strategy, which will lead to a time saving of 57%. Furthermore, a new startup strategy is developed and verified in experimental studies. The results demonstrate that using the optimized startup strategy a time saving of 57% can be achieved too and thereby these unproductive periods can be reduced significantly. Copyright © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.…
Author: | Katharina Löwe, G. Wozny |
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ISSN: | 0255-2701 |
Parent Title (English): | Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 40 (2001) 3 |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Publishing: | 2001 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2015/04/23 |
Release Date: | 2015/04/23 |
First Page: | 295 |
Last Page: | 302 |
University Bibliography: | Hochschulbibliografie |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell, Keine Bearbeitung |