Process Intensification in Distillation Systems: Main Trends for Improving Petrochemical Process Performance

Authors:

Nguyen Van Duc Long and Moonyong Lee*

DOI: 10.23880/ppej-16000131

Volume 1, Issue 6

Abstract

Economic and environmental considerations have encouraged studies on distillation processes, which play an outstanding role among other thermal separation processes in the petrochemical industry, focused on process-intensification-based innovative engineering solutions. Various techniques, such as dividing wall columns, reactive distillation, internal heat-integrated distillation, HiGee distillation column, and cyclic column have been studied and reported. This mini review highlights the current status of these techniques, their applicability, main limitations and challenges and perspectives in the field of petrochemical engineering.

Keywords:

Dividing wall column; Energy efficiency; Innovative technology; Process intensification; Separation process; Reactive distillation.

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