Distillation

January 2025 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:10:32 +0000

January 15, 2025

This issue, using autothermal reformer-based ammonia production, distillation simulation in toll manufacturing, a look at new products, and much more.

Use of Distillation Simulation in Toll Manufacturing

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:29:23 +0000

When a distillation campaign at a toll manufacturer ran into some unexpected problems, simulation tools helped provide direction to meet the production target under a strict deadline.

January

2025

September 2024 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:56:51 +0000

September 20, 2024

This month, a look back at Bhopal and how it affected process safety culture, tips for heat integration by side reboiling, applying lifecycle thinking for next-generation chemical engineering, and more.

Heat Integration by Side Reboiling

Gennady Shafirovich — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:34:03 +0000

Optimizing heat integration within a process scheme can yield significant energy savings, especially when an energy-intensive operation like distillation is involved. This article illustrates a simple graphical method for optimizing the heat integration of distillation columns using side reboilers.

September

2024

Lessons Learned on Binary Distillation Column Control Scheme Design

Site Administrator — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:30:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 26, 2024

There are over 40,000 distillation towers in operation in the United States. Distillation is a low thermal efficiency unit operation that currently...

Challenges of Minor Impurities in Process Development

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:34:38 +0000

Impurities bring additional complexities to separations, often beyond what is normally considered during conceptualization.

February

2024

A Digital-Twin Approach to Distillation Control Education

Karen Simpson — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:43:07 +0000

Digital-twin-based training simulations may hold the key to more robust process control education.

January

2024

Low Cost Debottleneck of a C2 Splitter

Site Administrator — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:55:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 15, 2023

This paper will discuss an example of a low cost solution for a C2 Splitter debottleneck project. The project leveraged a first-time-in-service...

CDU Retrofit Design Alternatives through Process Integration Boost Refinery Sustainability

Site Administrator — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 13, 2023

In the last decades, many oil refineries have implemented retrofit projects to reduce energy consumption. Although such projects incurred lower...

Additive Manufacturing to Improve Cryogenic Air Separation

Karen Simpson — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 20:48:02 +0000

Additive manufacturing enables the construction of internal structures that can intensify and improve processes such as cryogenic distillation.

March

2023

AIChE Journal Highlight: 3D-Printed Packings for Scale-Up of Distillation Columns

Karen Simpson — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 20:43:33 +0000

The scalability, separation efficiency, and fluid dynamic properties of structured packings can be improved through the use of 3D printing.

March

2023

Which Separation Method Needs Lower Power: Membrane or Distillation?

Site Administrator — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:24:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Annual Meeting

November 14, 2022

Reducing the energy intensity of molecular separation was Identified as one of the big challenges by the National Research Council 2006 report for...

Video Tutorial: Introduction to Steam Distillation

cms_marcp — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:11:31 +0000

July 19, 2022

Steam distillation is often used to remove a volatile oil from plant material. Learn why and understand how this process works.

May 2022 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Fri, 06 May 2022 21:43:27 +0000

May 11, 2022

This issue, a look at mega columns and their role in meeting carbon-neutral goals, considerations for keeping your facility safe from hackers, industry and Institute news, and more.

Mega Columns: Challenges and Solutions

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:29:14 +0000

Mega columns will play an increasing role as refining and petrochemical facilities look to meet carbon-neutral goals and implement post-combustion carbon capture.

May

2022