2025/07/01 by Adami, Momme, Espert, Dennis, Skiborowski, Mirko
Engineering · #Advanced Control Systems Optimization #Chemical Engineering #Distillation #Energy Integration #Heat Integration #Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation #Process Optimization and Integration #Shortcut Screening #Technology::660: Chemistry #Thermal Coupling
paper · doi:10.15480/882.16126
openalex publication_date 2025/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/11/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
Distillation processes account for a substantial share of the industrial energy demand. Yet, these energy requirements can be reduced by a variety of energy integration methods, including various forms of direct heat integration, multi-effect distillation, thermal coupling and vapor recompression. Consequently, these intensification methods should be evaluated quantitatively in comparison to each other for individual separation tasks, instead of benchmarking single options with conventional sequences or relying on simplified heuristics. In order to overcome the computational burden of a broad assessment of a large number of process alternatives, a computationally-efficient framework for the energetic and economic evaluation of such energy integrated distillation processes is presented, which builds on thermodynamically-sound shortcut models that do not rely on constant relative volatility and constant molar overflow assumptions.