Advances in Distillation Retrofit

1 Introduction. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Distillation fundamentals and principles. 1.3. Distillation design. 1.4. Distillation simulation. 1.5. Distillation retrofit and debottlenecking. 1.6. Concluding remarks. References.

2 Column internal. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Types of column internal. 2.3. Retrofit and debottlenecking by modifying column internal. 2.4. Case study. 2.5. Concluding remarks. References.

3 Promising retrofit technologies for single column. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Heat pump assisted distillation. 3.3. Self-heat recuperation technology. 3.4. Feed thermal condition. 3.5. Side reboiler or side condenser. 3.6. Operating pressure changing. 3.7. Multi-effect method. 3.8. Cyclic distillation. 3.9. Concluding remarks. References. 4 Promising retrofit technologies for multicolumn system. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Re-arranging the distillation sequence. 4.3. Prefractionator arrangement. 4.4. Thermally coupled distillation sequence. 4.5. Alternative coupled scheme of Petlyuk column. 4.6. Dividing wall column. 4.7. Dividing wall prefractionator configuration. 4.8. Multi-effect configuration. 4.9. Combination of internal and external heat integration. 4.10. Concluding remarks. References.



5 Promising retrofit technologies of nonconventional distillation column. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Batch distillation. 5.3. Side stream column. 5.4. Pressure swing azeotropic distillation. 5.5. Extractive distillation. 5.6. Azeotropic distillation. 5.7. Reactive distillation. 5.8. Hybrid system. 5.9. Concluding remarks. References.

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List of Abbreviations.

Nguyen Van Duc Long is currently a Foreign Assistant Professor at Yeungnam University. He received his PhD in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yeungnam University in August, 2012. Subsequently, he joined Samsung Cheil Industries as a Senior Process Engineer. He has worked on many long-term industrial projects, which were collaborative efforts between his laboratory and industrial manufacturers or engineering companies. These industrial projects mainly focus on process systems engineering, process retrofit and debottlenecking technologies, process integration and intensification technologies, dividing wall column, thermally coupled distillation sequence, reactive distillation, extractive distillation, azeotropic distillation, pressure swing distillation, batch distillation, heat pump assisted distillation, self-heat recuperation technology, separation processes, reactive separation processes, sustainable chemical processes, exergy and energy efficiency, natural gas processing, petroleum refinery, carbon capture, storage and utilization, carbon dioxide emission reduction, gasification, biofuels and green energy, biochemicals, biomass conversion and biorefineries. He published 38 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, 3 review papers and 1 book chapter.


Moonyong Lee has been a professor at Yeungnam University, School of Chemical Engineering, since 1994. Before joining the university, he had worked as Senior Process Engineer in SK refinery and petrochemical company for 10 years. He has an MSc and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from KAIST. Since entering the university, he has worked on many industrial projects related to process modeling, design, and control. His current research areas are design, modeling, optimization, and control of various energy and chemical processes (especially distillation based separation processes). He is the author of over 150 publications in international journals and the recipient of the