Rivero, R.; Garcia, M.; Urquiza, J. - In: Energy 29 (2004) 3, pp. 467-489
This paper presents the results of a detailed exergy analysis of a tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME) unit of a crude oil refinery and the application of diabatic distillation to the depentanizer tower of the unit. Diabatic distillation is a separation process in which heat is not only supplied...