Process optimization of an industrial acetic acid dehydration progress via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2017.10.030

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (8): 1631-1643.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.10.030

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Process optimization of an industrial acetic acid dehydration progress via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

Xiuhui Huang¹, Zeqiu Li¹, Ying Tian^2,

1 School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China;
2 School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

收稿日期:2017-08-28 出版日期:2018-08-28 发布日期:2018-09-21
通讯作者: Xiuhui Huang,E-mail addresses:hxh@usst.edu.cn;Ying Tian,E-mail addresses:tianying009@sina.com
基金资助:
Supported by Shanghai University Youth Teacher Training Program (ZZsl15002) and Shanghai Sailing Program (17YF1413100 and 17YF1428300).

Process optimization of an industrial acetic acid dehydration progress via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation

Xiuhui Huang¹, Zeqiu Li¹, Ying Tian^2,

1 School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China;
2 School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

Received:2017-08-28 Online:2018-08-28 Published:2018-09-21
Contact: Xiuhui Huang,E-mail addresses:hxh@usst.edu.cn;Ying Tian,E-mail addresses:tianying009@sina.com
Supported by:
Supported by Shanghai University Youth Teacher Training Program (ZZsl15002) and Shanghai Sailing Program (17YF1413100 and 17YF1428300).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： The simulated process model of the HAc dehydration process under actual overloaded condition was conducted by amending the model of standard condition in our previous work using the process data collected from actual production. Based on the actual process model, the operation optimization analysis of each plant (HAc dehydration column, decanter and NPA recycle column) was conducted using Residue Curve Maps (RCMs), sensitivity analysis and software optimization module. Based on the optimized parameters, the influence of feed impurity MA and the temperature of decanter on the separating effect and energy consumption of the whole process were analyzed. Then the whole process operation optimizing strategy was proposed with the objective that the total reboiler duty Q_Total of C-1 and C-3 reaches the minimum value, keeping C-1 and C-3 at their optimized separation parameters obtained above, connecting all the broken recycle and connection streams, and using the temperature of D-1 as operation variable. The optimization result shows that the total reboiler duty Q_Total of the whole process can reach the minimum value of 128.32×10⁶ kJ·h^-1 when the temperature of decanter is 352.35 K, and it can save 5.94×10⁶ kJ·h^-1, about 2.56 t·h^-1 low-pressure saturated vapor.

关键词: Acetic acid dehydration, Azeotropic distillation, Process simulation, Operation optimization

Abstract: The simulated process model of the HAc dehydration process under actual overloaded condition was conducted by amending the model of standard condition in our previous work using the process data collected from actual production. Based on the actual process model, the operation optimization analysis of each plant (HAc dehydration column, decanter and NPA recycle column) was conducted using Residue Curve Maps (RCMs), sensitivity analysis and software optimization module. Based on the optimized parameters, the influence of feed impurity MA and the temperature of decanter on the separating effect and energy consumption of the whole process were analyzed. Then the whole process operation optimizing strategy was proposed with the objective that the total reboiler duty Q_Total of C-1 and C-3 reaches the minimum value, keeping C-1 and C-3 at their optimized separation parameters obtained above, connecting all the broken recycle and connection streams, and using the temperature of D-1 as operation variable. The optimization result shows that the total reboiler duty Q_Total of the whole process can reach the minimum value of 128.32×10⁶ kJ·h^-1 when the temperature of decanter is 352.35 K, and it can save 5.94×10⁶ kJ·h^-1, about 2.56 t·h^-1 low-pressure saturated vapor.

Key words: Acetic acid dehydration, Azeotropic distillation, Process simulation, Operation optimization

Xiuhui Huang, Zeqiu Li, Ying Tian. Process optimization of an industrial acetic acid dehydration progress via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018, 26(8): 1631-1643.

Xiuhui Huang, Zeqiu Li, Ying Tian. Process optimization of an industrial acetic acid dehydration progress via heterogeneous azeotropic distillation[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2018, 26(8): 1631-1643.

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