List of Figures

Figure 1: The Petlyuk Column Configuration

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Figure 2: Divided Wall Column (DWC)

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Figure 3: Algorithm for DWC design

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Figure 4: Composition profile vs Tray position in first column of conventional distillation system

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Figure 5: Shortcut Sloppy Configuration

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 Figure 6: Process flow sheet of DWC after rigorous simulation in HYSYS

Figure 7: Temperature and Composition Profile vs. Tray Position for DWC Pre-fractionator (BTX mixture F2)

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 Figure 8: Temperature and Composition Profile vs. Tray Position for DWC Main Column (BTX mixture F2)

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F1: Feed Mixture: (0.40, 0.20, 0.40)

Vapor flow = 120 kgmole/h

Liquid flow = 64.69 kgmole/h

Reboiler duty = 1506 kW

Optimal value

Vapor flow = 117 kgmole/h

Liquid flow = 71 kgmole/h

Reboiler duty = 1322 kW

Figure 9: Internal flow distribution effect on DWC Reboiler duty: BTX mixture (F1)

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 F2: Feed Mixture: (0.33, 0.33, 0.34)
4000
Vapor flow = 125.4 kgmole/h
3500

3000 Liquid flow = 72.68 kgmole/h

Rebq

2500
Reboiler duty = 1483 kW
2000

1500 Optimal value

1000
160 Vapor flow = 123 kgmole/h
90
140 85
75
80 Liquid flow = 74 kgmole/h
120 70
65
60
Vapor101 out
100 55
Liquid101 out
Reboiler duty = 1470 kW

Figure 10: Internal flow distribution effect on DWC Reboiler duty: BTX mixture (F2)

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 F3: Feed Mixture: (0.15, 0.70, 0.15)

Vapor flow = 90.32 kgmole/h

Liquid flow = 45.03 kgmole/h

Reboiler duty = 1277 kW

Optimal value

Vapor flow = 88.3129 kgmole/h

Liquid flow = 52.0347 kgmole/h

Reboiler duty = 12491 kW

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Figure 11: Internal flow distribution effect on DWC Reboiler duty: BTX mixture (F3)

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Figure 12: Composition profile of DWC main column (20% lower energy): BTX mixture F2

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 2300
1550

2100 1530

1900 1510

Reboiler Duty (kW) Reboiler Duty (kW)

1700 1490

1500 1470

1300 1450
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Feed Tray Location S ide Product Draw Tray Location

(1) (2)

Figure 13: Reboiler duty vs. (1) feed stage location and (2) Side draw location

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1500

1480

1460
Reboiler Duty (kW)

1440

1420
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

Height of Dividing Wall (Trays )

Figure 14: Effect of wall height on reboiler duty

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 Product Purity vs. Reflux Ratio
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0.9

0.8

0.7
Product Purity (mole fraction)
Benzene Toluene p-Xylene

0.6

0.5

0.4
2 3 4 5 6

Reflux Ratio

Figure 15: Effect of reflux ratio on DWC product purities

Product Purity vs. Feed Tray Location

0.98

0.96

0.94

Product Purity Benzene Toluene p-Xylene

0.92

0.9

0.88

0.86
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Feed Tray Location

Figure 16: Effect of feed tray location on DWC product purities

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 Product Purity vs. Reboiler Duty

0.95

0.9

0.85
Product Purity (mole fraction)
Benzene Toluene p-Xylene

0.8

0.75

0.7
1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1550 1600 1650 1700

Reboiler Duty (kW)

Figure 17: Effect of Reboiler duty on product purities

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