Separation of methanol-chloroform mixture using pressure-swing distillation: Modeling and optimization

Russel J. Galanido; Dong Sun Kim; Jungho Cho

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.37, No.5, 850-865, May, 2020

DOI10.1007/s11814-020-0505-6 Export Citation

Separation of methanol-chloroform mixture using pressure-swing distillation: Modeling and optimization

Russel J. Galanido, Dong Sun Kim , and Jungho Cho^†

Chemical Process Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University, 275 Budae-dong, Cheonan-si, Seobuk-gu, Chungcheongnam-do 31080, Korea

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The separation of methanol-chloroform mixture, a minimum-boiling azeotrope, is performed using pressure- swing distillation process via process simulation. In this study, the steady-state optimization was carried out using PRO/II with PROVISION v.10. The two different column configurations (low-to-high pressure and high-to-low pressure) were compared wherein the positions of the low-pressure column and high-pressure column were operated interchangeably to attain an optimized design. Additionally, different heat-integration configurations (partial heat- and full heat-integration) were applied to lessen the overall utility consumption. It was determined that the low-to-high pressure column configuration provided a more optimized result for all heat-integrated systems as compared to high-tolow pressure column configuration. Application of heat-integration further decreases the cooling water and steam consumption by 38.86% and 35.74%, respectively, for partial heat-integrated system, and by 44.58% and 41.01%, respectively, for full heat-integrated system.

Keywords:Pressure-swing Distillation;Vapor-liquid Equilibrium;Methanol-chloroform;Minimum-boiling Azeotrope;Process Simulation

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