Advances in distillation: Significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions for crude oil separation

TJ Mathew, S Narayanan, A Jalan, L Matthews… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Crude distillation, with a long history of research and commercial improvements, is
perceived to be a mature separation technology with minimal scope of improvement. By …

An MINLP formulation to identify thermodynamically-efficient distillation configurations

RT Gooty, TJ Mathew, M Tawarmalani… - Computers & Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Designing configurations for separation of multicomponent mixtures by distillation is
challenging because of (i) combinatorial explosion of the choice set, and (ii) nonconvex …

Optimal configuration of ternary distillation columns using heat integration with external heat exchangers

N Khalili, N Kasiri, J Ivakpour, A Khalili-Garakani… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The subject of energy saving in distillation column sequencing is of critical importance. Heat
integration in a multicomponent separation can be industrialized by saving considerable …

Design and optimization of distillation column sequencing for NGL fractionation processes

A Tamuzi, N Kasiri, A Khalili-Garakani - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
NGL fractionation is one of the most energy-intensive facilities in hydrocarbon processing
plants playing an important role in the petrochemical supply chain. Innovative schemes for …

Optimal synthesis of quaternary zeotropic distillation sequences using an array formulation

X Zhang, L Jin, H Lyu, J He, J Sun - Industrial & Engineering …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The optimal synthesis of distillation sequences has been a popular research topic in the field
of chemical process system engineering for many years. In most works, the optimization …

Economic Analysis of Separation Unit of Methanol to Propylene Production Based on Optimization of Refrigeration Cycles Using Pinch and Exergy Analysis

D Safari, N Kasiri, A Khalili-Garakani, M Mafi - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, optimization and economic analysis of the separation of light gases in the
methanol to propylene, MTP, process along with refrigeration cycles design are performed …

Environmental assessment of a standard distillery using aspen plus®: Simulation and renewability analysis

WC Silva, ECC Araújo, CE Calmanovici… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the sustainability of the first-generation ethanol production process
using a water steam condensed stream reuse approach. Determination was made of the …

Design and optimization of distillation column sequencing for the GTL process

EHAZ Louhi, N Kasiri, A Khalili-Garakani… - … Research and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Gas to liquid (GTL) is one of the main processes that liquefied natural gas through chemical
conversion into synthetic crude that can be upgraded and separated into different useful …

Improving the quality of pareto optimal solutions in water distribution network design

YH Choi, D Jung, HM Lee, DG Yoo… - Journal of Water …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This paper proposes five methods for improving the quality of Pareto optimal solutions of
multiobjective optimal water distribution network (WDN) design problems:(1) three warm …

Development of a reaction/distillation matrix for systematic generation of sequences in a single two component reaction-separation case study

M Nezhadfard, LS Emami, N Kasiri, MH Khanof… - Computers & Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Studies on simultaneous synthesis of the reaction-separation processes are limited. The
initial step is choosing a method to generate all possible arrangements. In this work, the …