Journal article
Molecular tracking: A concept for side-draw distillation column design
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
KT Consortium, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
PROSYS - Process and Systems Engineering Centre, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark4
Solid State Chemistry, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark5
CHEC Research Centre, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark6
Abstract A simple approach is introduced to locate a side-draw tray for ternary and multi-component mixtures with middle boiling component(s) present in the system at trace levels. The concept is based on a probability function defined by the thermodynamic properties of the system. The advantage of this method over existing methods is the ability to quickly and efficiently provide a feasible configuration of the distillation unit without relying on rigorous optimization or trial and error approaches.
Moreover, it provides an intuitive understanding of the movements of the middle boiling components in the column. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Year: | 2021 |
| ISSN: | 15475905 and 00011541 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1002/aic.17070 |
| ORCIDs: | Karcz, Adam Paul , Andersson, Martin P. , Mansouri, Seyed Soheil , Nazemzadeh, Nima , Udugama, Isuru A. and Abildskov, Jens |
