Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method for refining styrene by using falling film reboilers and heat pump technology to provide a heat source required by a separation column. According to the method, high-concentration gas-phase ethylbenzene separated from a top of a low pressure ethylbenzene/styrene column is directly pressurized through a compressor, or a heat pump working medium is gasified using the high-concentration gas-phase ethylbenzene separated from the top of the low pressure ethylbenzene/styrene column, and the gasified heat pump working medium is pressurized. The directly pressurized high-concentration gas-phase ethylbenzene or the indirectly gasified and pressurized high-concentration gas-phase ethylbenzene is fed into the falling film reboiler with low heat transfer temperature difference requirement to serve as a heat source of a pre-separation column and/or a styrene product column in a styrene separation process.
Abstract:
A continuous vacuum distillation system for separating one or more components of a multi-component composition by distillation, including a plurality of distillation columns, including a stripping column and a rectification column, wherein at least some of the distillation columns are configured according to an indirect split arrangement of coupled sections. In some embodiments, a near steady-state pressure condition operating range of 15 mmHg to 85 mmHg is obtained, with an operating temperature of less than 100° F., where the a near steady-state condition includes a nearly unchanged pressure condition across multiple stages. In some embodiments, processing across all stages occurs as a closed system.
Abstract:
An alkanolamine gas treatment unit system that may comprise an absorber column, a regenerator column, and a once-through natural circulation vertical thermosyphon reboiler comprising a reboiler tube and a shell. The reboiler may be a steam driven one having a process side and a shell side, wherein the process side is inside the reboiler tube, the process side of the reboiler and the regenerator column are in fluid communication with one another, an inner surface of the reboiler tube, on the process side, has a surface roughness of 0.06 µm or greater, the shell side of the reboiler is in fluid communication to a steam source, and the regenerator column and the absorber column are in fluid communication with one another. An absorbent regenerator system that may comprise the regenerator column and the once-through natural circulation vertical thermosyphon reboiler.
Abstract:
An energy saving and emission reduction system for chemical separation and purification process is disclosed. The chemical separation and purification process includes a synthesis section and/or a distillation section and/or a recovery section. The energy saving and emission reduction system includes an energy comprehensive utilization maximizing energy saving module. The energy comprehensive utilization maximizing energy saving module comprehensively evaluates the chemical separation and purification process, and acquires a lowest energy consumption value according to initial and final material flow parameters. Then energy integration optimization and energy saving technical modification are performed on the synthesis section and/or distillation section and/or recovery section according to the lowest energy consumption value. The disclosure involves a comprehensive and extensive energy saving and emission reduction system for chemical separation and purification process, and has achieved good environmental benefits.
Abstract:
A process produces sodium and/or potassium alkoxides in countercurrent by reactive rectification. Alcohol is reacted in countercurrent with the respective alkali metal hydroxide. The vapours containing alcohol and water are separated into at least two serially arranged rectification columns. The energy of the vapour obtained in the first rectification is utilized for operating the second rectification. This specific energy integration coupled with establishing a certain pressure difference in the two rectification stages makes it possible to cover a particularly large proportion of the energy required for the rectification through electricity and to save heating steam.
Abstract:
A method of continuously recovering (meth)acrylic acid is provided. The method of continuously recovering (meth)acrylic acid according to the present disclosure enables use of a natural circulation type of reboiler which does not require an operating part in a destructive distillation process of recovering (meth)acrylic acid from a (meth)acrylic acid waste liquid, and therefore, stable operation of the continuous process may be achieved while simplifying equipment configuration.
Abstract:
A process and an apparatus are disclosed for a compact processing assembly to fractionate lighter components from mixed hydrocarbon streams. The hydrocarbon stream is supplied to the processing assembly between an absorbing means and a mass transfer means. A distillation vapor stream is collected from the upper region of the absorbing means and cooled in a first heat and mass transfer means inside the processing assembly to partially condense it, forming a volatile stream and a condensed stream. The condensed stream is supplied to the absorbing means as its top feed. A distillation liquid stream is collected from the lower region of the mass transfer means and heated in a second heat and mass transfer means inside the processing assembly to strip out its volatile components, forming a relatively less volatile stream and a vaporized stream. The vaporized stream is supplied to the mass transfer means as its bottom feed.
Abstract:
Processes and apparatuses for enhanced heat recover}/in a paraxylene manufacturing plant use a side condenser to recover high quality heat. By placing the side condenser below the location of a feed stream comprising low molecular weight gases, the heat recovered is free of such non-condensable gases. Such gases are undesirable when using the condensed vapor in other applications.
Abstract:
A distillation system and process for separating a multi-component feed mixture in a distillation system comprising a first distillation column having a first fired reboiler, and at least a second distillation column having a second heat-exchange reboiler, comprising the steps of a) introducing the feed mixture to the first column, and separating into at least a first top and a first bottom product; b) taking part of the first bottom product for providing heat to the second reboiler as a utility stream; and c) feeding part of said utility stream after heat-exchange as main feed to the second column for further separation. This process allows significant energy savings, by reduction of the amount of external heat required for the fired reboiler and omission of a conventionally used heat-exchanger.
Abstract:
A method of separating impurities from impure PO, the method comprising distilling impure PO in a distillation zone to provide distillate PO of enhanced purity, wherein heat is provided to the distillation zone by a bottoms reboiler and by an intermediate reboiler, the intermediate reboiler providing heat at a lower temperature than the bottoms reboiler. A suitable distillation system is also disclosed.