Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
203021000 | AND RECOVERING HEAT BY INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE | 62 |
20090032389 | PROCESS FOR THE MILD DISTILLATIVE SEPARATION OF MIXTURES - The invention relates to a semibatchwise process for the mild distillative separation of mixtures, in a first stage a column being supplied continuously with a feed and the feed being separated at least into different fractions, one of the fractions being removed continuously into a container, and, in a second step, the fraction removed into the container being recycled to the column and being separated again batchwise into different fractions. | 02-05-2009 |
20100307910 | TILTED MULTI EFFECT DISTILLATION MODULE WITH MEANS FOR HEATING AND COOLING - A tilted multi effect distillation module comprising a plurality of distillation stages, each stage defined by a first and a second sheet member arranged in parallel to each other, the second sheet member above the first sheet member, and by one or more frame members ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110132740 | METHOD FOR EVAPORATION AND POSSIBLE DISTILLATION OF FLUIDS USING A HEAT PUMP. - The invention concerns a method for evaporation and possibly distillation of liquids by means of a heat pump. By using a heat pump ( | 06-09-2011 |
20120255852 | REACTION PROCESS USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER - When obtaining a target substance by gradually cooling the reaction liquid by cooling in a plurality of stages divided in series, and then distilling the cooled reaction liquid by distillation in a plurality of stages divided in series, this method and this apparatus include: circulating a heating medium to be used for cooling in the plurality of the stages by way of; sequentially passing the heating medium toward the most upstream cooling stage from the most downstream cooling stage of the reaction liquid; cooling the heating medium which has been discharged from the most upstream cooling stage by using the heating medium for keeping or raising the temperature of the liquid which has been discharged from the distillation in the plurality of the stages; and returning the cooled heating medium back to the most downstream cooling stage of the reaction liquid. | 10-11-2012 |
20150290557 | Multi-Stage Bubble-Column Vapor Mixture Condenser - A multi-stage bubble-column vapor mixture condenser comprises at least a first stage and a second stage. Each stage includes a carrier-gas inlet and a carrier-gas outlet, as well as a condenser chamber containing a condensing bath in fluid communication with the carrier-gas inlet and the carrier-gas outlet. The carrier-gas inlet is positioned to bubble carrier gas from the carrier-gas inlet up through the condensing bath, overcoming a hydrostatic head of the condensing bath. The carrier-gas outlet is positioned with an opening for carrier-gas extraction above the condensing bath, wherein the first-stage carrier-gas outlet is in fluid communication with the carrier-gas inlet of the second stage to facilitate flow of the carrier gas through the condensing bath in the condenser chamber of the first stage and then through the condensing bath in the condenser chamber of the second stage. | 10-15-2015 |
20160082363 | PURIFICATION DEVICE AND PURIFICATION METHOD USING THE SAME (As Amended) - Provided are a purification device and method. The purification device and method make most use of an internal heat source in the distillation column in the process of distilling the raw material, and reduce use of an external heat source. Thereby, the purification device and method can improve energy efficiency of all the processes. | 03-24-2016 |
203022000 | Utilizing recovered heat for heating feed | 33 |
20090218210 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT DISTILLATION SYSTEM - Methods and devices are provided for an energy-efficient distillation system ( | 09-03-2009 |
20100288622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CATALYTICALLY PROCESSING SLURRY - In a method and apparatus for thermal processing of slurry, slurry is combined with a bio-mass to produce a mixture. The mixture is subjected in a heated mixer pump to a cracking temperature, thereby allowing the mixture to catalytically undergo a cracking reaction to produce a reaction mixture which is directly outgased in the mixer pump to produce an outgased portion and a solid portion. The outgased portion and the solid portion are separately discharged from the mixer pump; with the low boiling fraction of the outgased portion allowed to cool down for further processing, and the solid portion collected in a residual matter container for further processing. | 11-18-2010 |
20110031101 | FLUID FRACTIONATION PROCESS AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a fractionation process for producing at least two concentration fractions of a fluid including a solute, suspended or dissolved content using at least two fluidly connected evaporator units. The process includes the steps of: feeding a feed fluid including a solute, suspended or dissolved content into at least a first evaporator unit; evaporating a first amount of fluid from the feed fluid in at least the first evaporator unit to produce a first concentrated fluid; feeding at least a portion of the first concentrated fluid into at least a second evaporator unit; and evaporating a second amount of fluid from the first concentrated fluid in at least the second evaporator unit to produce a second concentrated fluid. | 02-10-2011 |
20110180383 | MEMBRANE DISTILLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A membrane distillation system includes a distillation vessel, an array of hollow fiber membranes pervious to distillate vapor but impervious to feed solution and an array of hollow tubes impervious to distillate vapor and feed solution but which allow thermal energy transmission. The system further includes a pump, a heat exchanger for heating the feed solution before it enters the hollow fiber membranes, and an outlet for removing distillate from the distillation vessel. A method for removing distillate from a feed solution includes delivering the feed solution through hollow tubes spanning a distillation vessel, heating the feed solution, delivering the feed solution through hollow fiber membranes spanning the distillation vessel to create a vapor pressure differential between the hollow fiber membranes and a distillation volume within the distillation vessel, and removing distillate from the distillation vessel. | 07-28-2011 |
20130075245 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HEATING AND MANIPULATING FLUIDS - Systems and methods are provided for heating and manipulating a fluid to heat the fluid, evaporate water from the fluid, concentrate the fluid, separate the fluid into fractions; and/or pasteurize the fluid, comprising a closed-loop heating subsystem coupled to a primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger, and one or more fluid manipulation subsystems also coupled to the primary fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. | 03-28-2013 |
20140034479 | Water Purification Using Energy from a Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming Process - A process and system for producing a H | 02-06-2014 |
20140158518 | METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING AQUEOUS LYE AND APPARATUS SUITABLE THEREFOR - Method of concentrating aqueous alkali and apparatus suitable for this purpose. A very energy-saving method of concentrating aqueous alkali originating, for example, from a chloralkali electrolysis plant and an apparatus suitable for this purpose are described. The method/the apparatus utilizes heat of reaction from the formation of 1,2-dichloroethane and includes multistage concentration of the aqueous alkali, where at least part of the heat required for concentrating the aqueous alkali originates from the plant for preparing 1,2-dichloroethane and at least a further part of the heat required for concentrating the aqueous alkali originates from at least one of the higher stages of the plant for concentrating the aqueous alkali and is used for partial heating of the first stage. The apparatus can be used for retrofitting existing integrated plants made up of a DCE plant and chloralkali electrolysis or in the erection of new plants. | 06-12-2014 |
20140284201 | SOLAR POWERED CONCENTRATION UNIT AND METHOD OF USING SOLAR POWER TO CONCENTRATE A SUBSTANCE - A solar-powered concentration unit and method of conducting a solar powered separation are described. An improved method of solar-powered concentration of ethylene glycol is described and exemplified. The invention also includes a mobile distillation/concentration unit that can be placed on a truck and transported to a desired location. A further advantage of the invention is that good separations can be achieved without the use of a selective membrane and/or mechanical pumps. | 09-25-2014 |
20140305789 | APPARATUS FOR DIFFUSION-GAP THERMAL DESALINATION - A thermal distillation apparatus including evaporation surfaces that are wetted with a solution, and from which at least some of the volatile solvent contained in the solution evaporates, condensers having an external surface in close proximity to, but not touching, a corresponding one of the one or more evaporation surfaces, and on which vapors of the solvent condense, releasing thermal energy that heats a flow of the solution moving upward within the condensers, spacers that prevent contact between the evaporating surfaces and the condensers, wherein spaces between the evaporating surfaces and the condensers are filled with a gaseous mixture composed of solvent vapor and one or more non-condensable gases, and except for diffusion of the solvent vapor relative to the non-condensable gases, the gaseous mixture is stationary. | 10-16-2014 |
20150299075 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING ALKANOL - The present application relates to a device and a method for preparing alkanol. According to the present application, energy can be reduced when preparing alkanol by reducing the amount of steam used in a reboiler or cooling water used in a condenser, and steam generated from a heat exchanger for overhead stream can be utilized in a variety of fields. Also, highly pure alkanol can be prepared according to the present application. | 10-22-2015 |
20150345273 | METHODS AND PROCESSES TO RECYCLE BASE OIL FLUIDS FROM SPENT INVERT EMULSION DRILLING FLUIDS - Methods and processes for recycling base oils from spent invert emulsion drilling fluids may include frictionally heating a spent drilling fluid that comprises an invert emulsion and solids, wherein the solids are at about 50% or less by volume of the spent drilling fluid; and simultaneously evaporating oil and water from the invert emulsion at a temperature lower than an atmospheric boiling point for the oil. | 12-03-2015 |
20160193540 | DIVIDED WALL DISTILLATION COLUMN (As Amended) | 07-07-2016 |
203023000 | Distillation residue as heat source | 8 |
20100288623 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING VACUUM IN A PETROLEUM DISTILLATION COLUMN - The invention relates to the oil processing industry and can be used for producing vacuum in a vacuum petroleum distillation column. The inventive method involves pumping out a vapour-gas medium from the column by means of a gas-gas ejector in such a way that a vapour-gas mixture is formed at the entry thereof and supplying said mixture to a condenser for producing a gas mixture and a vapour phase condensate. The gas mixture is supplied from the condenser to a liquid-gas jet apparatus and the condensate is delivered to an additional separator. A hydrocarbon-containing condensate is removed from the additional separator for the intended use thereof and a water-containing condensate is fed to a steam generator for producing steam by supplying heat of a hot distillate evacuated from the vacuum column. The thus obtained steam is used in the gas-gas ejector as a high-pressure gas. The device comprises a line for supplying a distillate of petroleum distillation, a line for removing a distillate of petroleum refining, the steam generator and the additional separator. The invention makes it possible to reduce energy consumption, increase vacuum depth and to exclude the use of a water vapour delivered from an external source. | 11-18-2010 |
20110132741 | Thermal-Separation Process With Absorption Heat Pump - The invention comprises an absorption heat pump to supply energy to a distillation process or an outside process. The streams used to effect the absorption heat pump are to be combined in any case as a feedstream to a conversion process, and energy thus is conserved by avoiding the necessity of reseparating the streams. | 06-09-2011 |
20120097520 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND NITROGEN - The invention provides a process and apparatus for the separation of a gaseous feed comprising a mixture of hydrocarbons and nitrogen gas, the process comprising the steps of: (i) cooling and at least partially condensing the gaseous feed; (ii) feeding the cooled and at least partially condensed feed from step (i) to a fractionation column comprising reboil to produce an overhead hydrocarbon vapour stream enriched in nitrogen and a condensed hydrocarbon product stream low in nitrogen, wherein prior to the fractionation, the feed stream is divided into at least two streams including: a) a first stream which is expanded and fed to the fractionation column; b) a second stream which is expanded, heated and fed to a lower stage of the fractionation column than the first stream, (iii) removing a hydrocarbon product stream low in nitrogen from the fractionation column; and (iv) removing a hydrocarbon vapour stream enriched in nitrogen from the fractionation column. | 04-26-2012 |
20120145529 | APPARATUS, PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING FLUID TO A DISTILLATION COLUMN OR REACTOR - A fluid delivery apparatus is provided for supplying a fluid mixture to a distillation column or reactor. The apparatus can be used to enhance the heat duty, the flow and/or the flow stability of an existing thermosiphon reboiler which supplies a heated fluid to the column or reactor. The apparatus includes an integrated eductor which receives and increases the fluid velocity of a supplemental fluid into which the heated fluid is aspirated to form a fluid mixture then delivered to the column or reactor. A process and a system utilizing the apparatus are also disclosed, as well as a method of retrofitting an existing system with the apparatus. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFICATION OF TRICHLOROSILANE - There is provided a method for a purification of trichlorosilane, the method including: performing a pretreatment for separating a chlorosilane mixture from reaction products of a trichlorosilane production reaction; performing a first purification for separating the chlorosilane mixture into a first top stream and a first bottom stream; performing a second purification for separating the first top stream into a second top stream and a second bottom stream; and performing a third purification for separating the second bottom stream into a third top stream and a third bottom stream, wherein the performing of the third purification is carried out under pressure conditions higher than those of the performing of the second purification, and a heat exchange is generated between the second bottom stream and the third top stream. | 06-14-2012 |
20130001062 | RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. The extractant comprises at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of C | 01-03-2013 |
20130240346 | ANTI-THERMOSENSITIZATION RECTIFICATION TOWER AND THE RECTIFICATION PROCESS THEREOF FOR SEPARATING THERMOSENSITIVE NATURAL SUBSTANCES - An anti-thermosensitization rectification tower comprising a rectification tower, a T-shaped condenser, a baffle plate, a tower bottom, a falling-film reboiler and a recirculation system, wherein the T-shaped condenser is secured exactly on the top of the rectification tower without any pipeline in between, and the circular baffle plate is installed in the T-shaped condenser; an annular sump located between the rectification tower and the T-shaped condenser for collecting the liquid condensed in the T-shaped condenser and channeling it out of the rectification tower into a liquid-collecting tank, and a centrifugal pump utilized to connect together the tower bottom and the falling-film reboiler to form a high-speed circulation system, wherein the tower bottom is an elongated conduit and the falling-film reboiler is in the form of a stout shell-and-tube heat exchanger is provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20140246302 | METHOD FOR DELAYED COKING OF OIL RESIDUES - The invention relates to the petroleum-processing industry, in particular, to a retarded coking process directed to the production of gas oil fractions (light gas oil and two types of heavy gas oil). The method comprises heating a starting stock, feeding same into an evaporator for mixing with recycled material and forming a secondary stock, coking the secondary stock and fractionating the resulting coking products in a rectification column, thereby producing gas, petrol; light and heavy coking gas oils, and bottoms. Heavy coking gas oil is used as the recycled material. The method envisages feeding cooled heavy gas oil to mass-exchange devices in the lower part of the rectification column, and feeding a metered quantity of cooled light gas oil to mass-exchange devices in the upper part of the rectification column. The quantity of cooled light and heavy gas oils which can be fed in changes depending on the required quantity and quality of the light and heavy gas oils and bottoms being produced. | 09-04-2014 |
203024000 | Compressed vapor as heat source | 13 |
20090294272 | METHOD FOR THE PURIFICATION OF WASTEWATERS FROM MELAMINE SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method for purifying wastewaters of melamine systems. The method is characterized in that triazine-containing wastewater is subjected to a thermal pretreatment stage, whereupon the vapors are condensed from the gas phase of the thermal pretreatment stage, and the liquid phase of the thermal pretreatment stage is subjected to a thermal hydrolysis stage while NH | 12-03-2009 |
20100175983 | Mutual Remediation of Effluents of Petroleum Production - Petroleous production is associated with effluents well known to foul lines, nozzles, and containers while consuming substantial energy to assist in both production and remediation. A heat exchanger and manifold system maximizes flows, minimizes changes in flow cross-section, and maximizes heat transfer area, while recycling both water and heat between processes. Dirty regions and clean regions result from scrubbing horizontal exhaust stacks and evaporation of production water in concert to remediate one another, while recycling a significant portion of the energy consumed by each. The heat exchanger relies on a manifold having many layered conduits, each connected to a single layer level of one or more cylindrical conduits in the exchanger. The cylinders of the exchanger themselves are arranged in multiple layers, each layer of a heat exchanger element being connected to a single layer of the manifold. Any shape of cylinder may work, but a right circular cylinder having corrugated sheets spacing the layers may be simple to construct. | 07-15-2010 |
20120037489 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING A LIQUID - For purifying a liquid, the liquid is caused to evaporate in a cyclone in a recirculation circuit. Vapor is discharged via a discharge channel in which a compressor is included. In a heat exchanger downstream of the compressor, supplied vapor condenses and heat thereby released is transferred to liquid in the recirculation circuit. A liquid inlet of the cyclone is placed and directed for delivering a jet having a directional component tangential with respect to an inner surface of the cyclone. The liquid inlet has a section shaped such that in operation the delivered jet is a flat jet having a cross section which in a direction parallel to a nearest generatrix of the inner surface of the cyclone is greater than in a direction perpendicular thereto. The jet contacts the inner surface of the cyclone before drop formation occurs in the jet. A method for purifying a liquid is also described. | 02-16-2012 |
20130146438 | METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING AN AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION - In a process for concentrating aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution to give two hydrogen peroxide streams of different concentration in an apparatus comprising a preevaporator ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130168225 | Distiller with Closed Loop Energy Circulation and Method for Reuse of Heat Energy and Thermal Loss of the Distiller - The aim of the invention is to improve the energetic efficiency of the distiller by effective utilization of the residual heat. The invention relates to distillator with a thermal energy recycling in the closed loop energy circulation and to methods for thermal energy recycling of the distiller by returning the residual heat to the initial environment via the heat pump. The invention also further relates to reuse of the heat loss of the distiller using the heat pump which returns the residual heat to the initial environment. In distillers and methods according to present invention the heat energy and thermal losses are used repeatedly again in a closed loop energy circulation. If the problem of intensive energy consumption is resolved the distiller according to this invention can be appropriately utilized for instance in production of drinking water from the seawater or from any available natural water, as well as at the finishing stage of the noncomplicated wastewater treatment process. The closed loop energy circulation is also applicable in production of spirit, biofuel-spirit, and petrochemicals based on the same principle, reducing considerably the energy intensiveness of these products. | 07-04-2013 |
20130186741 | CONTROLLED-GRADIENT, ACCELERATED-VAPOR-RECOMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An accelerated vapor recompression apparatus | 07-25-2013 |
20140311888 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - The invention relates to a vapor-compression method. The aim of the invention is to provide such a method respectively a system with which a distillation with a further reduced energy requirement is possible, which simultaneously operates reliably, with little maintenance, and with only little available power, in particular when starting, and which is able to handle fluctuations in the available power. This is achieved in that an aqueous solution is preheated and fed to an evaporator at a lower end in order to generate vapor. The vapor is conducted from an upper end of the evaporator to a compressor (V) in order to be compressed. The vapor that is compressed in the compressor (V) is used to supply energy to the evaporator. The vapor that is thus cooled or optionally at least partly condensed is used to preheat the aqueous solution. Furthermore, the method according to the invention is characterized in that the preheated aqueous solution in the evaporator is heated in evaporator tubes around which the compressed vapor is flushed, and at least one heater that is arranged diagonally in particular is provided in or upstream of the evaporator. | 10-23-2014 |
20150014149 | CONTROLLED-GRADIENT, ACCELERATED VAPOR-RECOMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An accelerated vapor recompression apparatus | 01-15-2015 |
20150075968 | COMBINED MULTI EFFECT DISTILLATION SYSTEM - A compound multi effect distillation (MED) system of integrated backward and forward fed MED systems. Heated concentrate from the hottest effect of the backward fed MED system is delivered as feed to the hottest effect in the forward fed MED system, to generate a more concentrated brine than possible using any of the systems alone. Furthermore, coupling the systems creates additional operational advantages and increases distillation efficiency. | 03-19-2015 |
20150101921 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING HEAT FROM A HYDROCARBON SEPARATION - A process for recovering heat from the separation of hydrocarbons. The overhead vapor stream from a fractionation column is passed to a two stage heat pump compressor. The first stage of compression is used to reboil the fractionation column. The second stage is compressed and cooled passed to a separation zone. The liquid in the separation zone may be passed back to the fractionation column as secondary reflux, and/or recovered as liquid product. Heat may also be removed from the second stage. A suction drum on the first stage may be used to protect the heat pump compressor from any droplets in the overhead stream. | 04-16-2015 |
20150298024 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTILLATION PROCESS AND TURBINE ENGINE INTERCOOLER - A system includes an intercooler configured to flow a working fluid and compressed air of a gas turbine engine through the intercooler to exchange heat between the working fluid and the compressed air. The system also includes a multi-effect distillation system configured to flow the working fluid and a mixture to exchange heat between the working fluid and the mixture to enable distillation of the mixture. | 10-22-2015 |
20160082362 | CONTROLLED-GRADIENT, ACCELERATED VAPOR-RECOMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An accelerated vapor recompression apparatus | 03-24-2016 |
20190143244 | COMBINED MULTI EFFECT DISTILLATION SYSTEM | 05-16-2019 |
203025000 | Utilizing recovered heat for heating the distillation zone | 16 |
20080302650 | Process to recover low grade heat from a fractionation system - This invention relates to methods and apparatus for the energy efficient separation of ethane and propane from any hydrocarbon feed, i.e., from natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquid natural gas, or from gases from refinery or petroleum plants. | 12-11-2008 |
20090314624 | ENERGY EFFICIENT DISTILLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A new distillation process of simultaneous evaporation and condensation distillation that enables efficient transfer of heat energy and allows binary fluids to attain different concentrations and temperatures in the stripper and rectifier stages is disclosed. The process utilizes preferential evaporation of the more volatile component in the stripper while in the rectifier the less volatile component condenses first allowing for concentration of the more volatile component in subsequent stages. The rectifier operates at correspondingly hotter temperatures than the stripper allowing energy transfer from the rectifier to the stripper. | 12-24-2009 |
20120031747 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING HEAVY AND LIGHT COMPONENTS CONTAINED IN A VAPOR MIXTURE - Herein disclosed is a method of separating heavy and light components from a vapor mixture. The method comprises a. distilling the vapor mixture into a first vapor phase and a first liquid phase; and b. condensing at least a portion of the first vapor phase into a second liquid phase and a second vapor phase; wherein the distilling utilizes the internal energy of the vapor mixture. In an embodiment, the method further comprises c. utilizing at least a portion of the first liquid phase to absorb at least a portion of the second vapor phase. In some cases, the method further comprises cooling the at least a portion of the first liquid phase prior to utilizing it to absorb the at least a portion of the second vapor phase. | 02-09-2012 |
20130153399 | GEOTHERMAL ENERGIZATION OF A NON-COMBUSTION CHEMICAL REACTORAND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for heating a non-combustion chemical reactor with thermal energy from a geothermal heat source are described. A working fluid is directed from the geothermal heat source to the chemical reactor to transfer heat. The working fluid can be circulated in a closed system so that it does not contact material at the geothermal heat source, or in an open system that allows the working fluid to intermix with material at the geothermal heat source. When intermixing with material at the geothermal heat source, the working fluid can transport donor substances at the geothermal heat source to the chemical reactor. | 06-20-2013 |
20130168226 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVAPORATING HYDROGEN HALIDE AND WATER FROM BIOMASS HYDROLYZATES CONTAINING HALOGEN ACID - The invention relates to a method and a device with the aid of which hydrogen halide and water are removed from biomass hydrolyzates containing halogen acid. The core of the invention is an evacuated container (B | 07-04-2013 |
20140083839 | STRIPPER FOR SEPARATING PROCESS IN AROMATIC COMPONENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for operating a stripper that is provided for a separating process in an aromatic component processing apparatus in which the stripper separates a component that is lighter than an aromatic component from the aromatic component via a distillation operation. In the method, using a HIDiC as the stripper, the pressure of the column top of rectifying section ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140183027 | INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER FOR DISTILLATION COLUMN - Systems and methods are described for improving energy requirements of a distillation column. The distillation column can include one or more heat exchange surfaces within a middle section of the column, through which a cooling fluid can be fed to allow heat exchange of vapor rising within the distillation column. | 07-03-2014 |
20160251235 | SOLVENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
203026000 | Compressed vapor as heat source | 8 |
20100025218 | HIGH ENERGY REDUCTION IN A PROPANE DEHYDROGENATION UNIT BY UTILIZING A HIGH PRESSURE PRODUCT SPLITTER COLUMN - An improved process for the production of olefins, and in particular for separation of olefins produced by a dehydrogenation process from paraffin feed stocks, is provided. A high pressure product splitter is used to separate olefins produced in a dehydrogenation plant from residual paraffin feed stocks. The use of a high pressure splitter to separate olefin products from paraffin feed stocks allows for recovery of a high purity olefin product with lower energy consumption compared to prior art processes. The process is particularly suited to separation of propylene from propane. | 02-04-2010 |
20100108487 | DIVIDING WALL COLUMN WITH A HEAT PUMP - Systems and methods for separating a multi-component fluid are provided. The method can include introducing a multi-component fluid to a dividing wall column. The multi-component fluid can be heated to provide a first product, a second product, an intermediate distillate, and a process fluid. At lest a portion of the first product can be compressed to provide a compressed first product. Heat can be indirectly transferred from the compressed first product to at least a portion of the intermediate distillate to provide a heated intermediate distillate. The heated intermediate distillate can be recycled to the dividing wall column. The compressed first product can be expanded. | 05-06-2010 |
20130153400 | Regeneration of Capture Medium - An apparatus and method for the regeneration of absorbed gas rich capture medium such as an absorption solution and the recovery of absorbed gas therefrom, an apparatus and method for the removal and recovery of a target gas from a gas stream, and the use of the same for post combustion carbon capture on a thermal power plant are described. The apparatus and method make use of a regenerative heating process. The apparatus and method are distinctly characterized by the use of CRH steam as a source of thermal energy for the heating process. | 06-20-2013 |
20140131191 | DISTILLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC), the product purity can be stably maintained against various disturbances. Provided is a method for controlling a distillation apparatus, which includes a high-pressure part including the whole or a part of a rectifying section and performing gas-liquid contact at a relatively high pressure; a low-pressure part including the whole or a part of a stripping section and performing gas-liquid contact at a relatively low pressure; a line for directing overhead vapor of the low-pressure part to a column bottom of the high-pressure part; a line for directing a column bottom liquid of the high-pressure part to a column top of the low-pressure part; and a heat exchange structure for transferring heat from the rectifying section to the stripping section, wherein the method includes controlling a flow rate of the column bottom liquid to be directed from the high-pressure part to the low-pressure part. Also provided is the distillation apparatus including a flow rate control means in the line for directing the bottom liquid of the high-pressure part to the low-pressure part. | 05-15-2014 |
20150008116 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR DISTILLATION OF METHANOL WITH HEAT RECUPERATION - Process and plant for refining crude methanol, comprising at least three distillation stages operating in cascade at decreasing pressures, wherein a first stage ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150090581 | Rectification Tower with Internal Heat and Mass Exchange and Method for Separation of Multi-Component Mixtures into Fractions Using a Rectification Tower with an Internal Heat and Mass Exchange - A rectification column for multi-component mixture separation with internal heat and mass exchange, which ensures a heat and mass exchange in the film mode with internal reflux generation along the whole length of heat and mass exchange tubes and which allows for an increased efficiency, is proposed. The rectification column includes the rectifying/enriching section with the heat and mass exchange in its tubular and annular spaces being topped by a heat carrier distributor with a distributor chamber ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150336023 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING LOW-TEMPERATURE HEAT AND APPLICATION OF THE METHOD TO AN AROMATICS COMPLEX - The present invention relates to a method for recovering heat available at low temperature in a process and its use in order to reduce the energy consumption of the said process. Application of the method to an aromatics complex in which the low-temperature heat is recovered at the head of distillation columns in the form of low-pressure steam and is reused to reboil other distillation columns in which the operating pressure has possibly been lowered. | 11-26-2015 |
20160250563 | COMPACT MECHANICAL VAPOR RECOMPRESSION EVAPORATOR SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
203027000 | Utilizing recovered heat in subsequent step in process | 7 |
20090173618 | Method of an apparatus for generating a vacuum and for separating volatile compounds in polycondensation reactions - The invention relates to a method for generating a vacuum and for separating volatile compounds during esterification, transesterification and/or polycondensation reactions. One or several jets of steam comprising a spray condenser, which is arranged up or downstream, are connected to the suction side of a reactor which is to be evacuated and phenol or steam containing phenol is used as propellant steam at a pressure of 0.5 hPa to approximately 1.5 MPa and liquid phenol or a liquid containing phenol is used as a spraying agent. | 07-09-2009 |
20100025219 | System and method for membrane distillation with low reynolds numbers - A distillation system and method includes open reservoirs and pluralities of hollow fiber membranes and hollow tubes extending through portions of separate open reservoirs. The hollow fiber membranes are configured to allow vapor transmission, and the hollow tubes are configured to substantially prevent vapor transmission but allow transmission of thermal energy. Feed solution is circulated through the open reservoirs. Distillate is separated from the feed solution by the hollow fiber membranes and thermal energy is recouped through the hollow tubes. | 02-04-2010 |
20100101930 | Heat Pump for High Purity Bottom Product - A process for reducing the energy consumption of a distillation column is disclosed. The process includes drawing off an intermediate vapor stream from the rectification section of the distillation column. The vapor stream is compressed and the heat in the vapor stream is exchanged with a portion of the liquid bottoms stream. The heat transfer condenses a portion of the vapor stream, while vaporizing the liquid bottoms stream. | 04-29-2010 |
20110272267 | Heat Pump Distillation - A distillation column is disclosed. The column includes a plurality of rectification zones and corresponding stripping zones. Each rectification zone is linked to a heat pump or a stage of a heat pump. Overhead material from the top rectification zone is compressed and used to heat bottoms liquid from the bottom stripping zone. Similarly, overhead material from a lower rectification zone is compressed and used to heat liquid taken from the uppermost or top stripping zone. Optionally, overhead material from a middle rectification zone is compressed and used to heat liquid from a middle stripping zone. A single multiple stage heat pump compressor may be utilized as opposed to a plurality of heat pumps. Because the heat exchanger from each rectification-stripping zone pair has a lower duty, economical stab-in heat exchangers may be utilized. | 11-10-2011 |
20120228118 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF BLACK LIQUOR AT PULP MILL - The invention relates to a method and equipment for treating pulp mill black liquor so as to recover the energy in chemicals therein. In the invention the black liquor is pyrolysed in a pyrolysis reactor ( | 09-13-2012 |
20130037404 | DISTILLATION PROCESS AND MULTI-COLUMN HEAT-INTEGRATED DISTILLATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a 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-exhanger. The invention also relates to such distillation system suitable for separating a multi-component mixture with the process of the invention. | 02-14-2013 |
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