Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15255/CABEQ.2020.1824
Divided Wall Column Modeling and Simulation in an Open-Source Environment
J. P. Henrique
; Chemical Engineering Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luís (SP-310), km 235, São Carlos, SP, CEP: 13565-905, Brazil
R. de Sousa Jr.
; a)Chemical Engineering Graduate Program, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luís (SP-310), km 235, São Carlos, SP, CEP: 13565-905, Brazil; b)Chemical Engineering Department/UFSCar, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rodovia Washington Luís (SP-310), km 235, São Carlos, SP, CEP: 13565-905, Brazil
A. R. Secchi
orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-3571
; Instituto Alberto Luiz de Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 21941-972, Brazil
M. A. S. S. Ravagnani
orcid.org/0000-0002-2151-1534
; Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco D90, CEP 87020-290, Maringá, PR, Brazil
A. Barbara
; Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne (IMB), Université de Bourgogne, 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon cedex, France
C. B. B. Costa
orcid.org/0000-0002-9983-566X
; Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco D90, CEP 87020-290, Maringá, PR, Brazil
Abstract
The divided wall column (DWC) can achieve sharp separations of three or more components in a single shell, substituting conventional sequences of two or more binary distillation columns, with lower expenses. Despite these advantages, DWC models are not available in commercial chemical process simulators. To simulate DWC, users must
employ instances of conventional column model and couple them in different configurations. In this paper, a DWC model was developed in EMSO (Environment for Modeling, Simulation and Optimization). DWC model was then used for simulating the separation of an equimolar mixture of three hydrocarbons. Results show that, depending on the
number of trays, DWC presented energy savings compared to two ordinary distillation columns. Better separation was obtained when the number of divided trays was close to half the number of total trays. However, the liquid and vapor flow rates split into the divided section play a key role in the separation.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Keywords
EMSO environment; divided wall column; modeling; distillation; simulation
Hrčak ID:
245605
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Publication date:
4.11.2020.
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