Distillation Column

Distillation is the most commonly used separation technique in the chemical industry. It consumes a large amount of energy, both in terms of cooling and heating requirements. Achieving high product recovery and throughput with lowest energy consumption is critical but often a challenge with traditional methods, as multiple parameters need to be managed.

Variations in feed flow, high reflux ratios, low reflux temperatures or high bottom temperatures can lead to poor quality, lower throughput and higher energy consumption. Other issues faced include not achieving process temperature, issues in achieving column equilibrium, draining of condensate and increase in cooling tower or ETP load