A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL

The depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation steps of processing natural gas liquids were improved through studying complex distillation arrangements, including the double dividing wall column arrangement (DDWC), the sequence including a dividing wall column (DWC) and a bottom D...

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Main Authors: Jung, Y., Long, N., Woldetensay, Mesfin, Lee, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4641
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author Jung, Y.
Long, N.
Woldetensay, Mesfin
Lee, M.
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Long, N.
Woldetensay, Mesfin
Lee, M.
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description The depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation steps of processing natural gas liquids were improved through studying complex distillation arrangements, including the double dividing wall column arrangement (DDWC), the sequence including a dividing wall column (DWC) and a bottom DWC (BDWC) and the sequence including a DWC and a BDWC with top vapor recompression heat pump. These arrangements offer benefits by decreasing reboiler and condenser power consumption. Reducing the number of columns and their diameters can potentially reduce construction costs. The result also showed that operating cost could be reduced most significantly through novel combinations of internal and external heat integration: bottom dividing wall columns employing a top vapor recompression heat pump.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-46412017-09-13T14:39:15Z A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL Jung, Y. Long, N. Woldetensay, Mesfin Lee, M. DWC NGL recovery Dividing wall column Heat pump The depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation steps of processing natural gas liquids were improved through studying complex distillation arrangements, including the double dividing wall column arrangement (DDWC), the sequence including a dividing wall column (DWC) and a bottom DWC (BDWC) and the sequence including a DWC and a BDWC with top vapor recompression heat pump. These arrangements offer benefits by decreasing reboiler and condenser power consumption. Reducing the number of columns and their diameters can potentially reduce construction costs. The result also showed that operating cost could be reduced most significantly through novel combinations of internal and external heat integration: bottom dividing wall columns employing a top vapor recompression heat pump. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4641 10.1016/B978-0-444-59507-2.50128-1 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle DWC
NGL recovery
Dividing wall column
Heat pump
Jung, Y.
Long, N.
Woldetensay, Mesfin
Lee, M.
A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL
title A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL
title_full A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL
title_fullStr A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL
title_full_unstemmed A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL
title_short A study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of NGL
title_sort study of complex distillation arrangements for improved depropanizing, debutanizing and deisobutanizing fractionation of ngl
topic DWC
NGL recovery
Dividing wall column
Heat pump
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4641