Improved extractive distillation process using dual decanters

William L. Luyben

doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2024.02.004

Improved extractive distillation process using dual decanters

2024-03-01

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William L. Luyben *

DOI：10.1016/j.cherd.2024.02.004

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Novel distillation configurations continue to appear in the literature despite the predictions made many decades ago that distillation had attained the status of a mature and stagnant technology needing no further research and development. The driving force for improvement has traditionally been energy conservation, but political decisions related to environmental and sustainability issues have provided additional motivation for improving the efficiencies of chemical and petroleum processes. Since distillation columns require a large fraction of the total energy used in these processes, there is a significant incentive to improve process efficiency. An excellent example of this activity is a paper in which a conventional three-column extractive distillation configuration is compared with a novel two-column process that includes a single decanter. The chemical separation system is a ternary mixture of methanol, water and toluene, which is important in the pharmaceutical industry. The new configuration reduces total annual cost by 50%. The purpose of this paper is to propose a simple modification of the two-column configuration that reduces energy costs by an additional 14% by using two decanters in series operating at different temperatures.

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Extractive distillation

Decanter

Azeotropic distillation

Immiscibility

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