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Conceptual design of an internally heat integrated propylene-propane splitter
Olujić, Ž.; Sun, L.; de Rijke, A.; Jansens, P.J. - In: Energy 31 (2006) 15, pp. 3083-3096
Huge quantities of energy are required in distillation columns used for polymer grade separations of close boiling …
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Energy and exergy analysis of a five-column methanol distillation scheme
Sun, Jinsheng; Wang, Fan; Ma, Tingting; Gao, Hong; Wu, Peng - In: Energy 45 (2012) 1, pp. 696-703
In the present paper, a five-column heat integrated methanol distillation scheme is proposed with the aid of process …
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Process simulation and energy optimization of the enzyme-catalyzed biodiesel production
Yun, Huimin; Wang, Meng; Feng, Wei; Tan, Tianwei - In: Energy 54 (2013) C, pp. 84-96
Biodiesel, as an alternative and renewable fuel, has been studied and developed in recent years. In the present paper, a continuous enzyme-catalyzed biodiesel pilot plant using waste cooking oil, with production capacity of 6482 ton/yr, was simulated by Aspen Plus. Detailed operating conditions...
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Have policy distortion spilled overacross wine markets ? : evidence from the french wine sector
Saliès, Evens; Steiner, Bodo - Centre de recherche en Économie (OFCE), Sciences … - 2011
hypotheses regarding the spill-over of distillation policy distortions and quality downgrading. Empirical evidence from France …, the largest producer of quality wines in Europe, provides support for the hypothesis that distillation policy distortions …
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A Sustainable Ethanol Distillation System
Yang, Yuelei; Boots, Kevin; Zhang, Dan - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 1, pp. 92-105
production. In this paper, an ethanol distillation system has been developed to remove the water contents from the original wash …
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Feasibilty study of renewable energy powered seawater desalination technology using natural vacuum technique
Ayhan, Teoman; Al Madani, Hussain - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 2, pp. 506-514
With an ever-increasing population and rapid growth of industrialization, there is great demand for fresh water. Desalination has been a key proponent to meet the future challenges due to decreasing availability of fresh water. However, desalination uses significant amount of energy, today...
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Factors affecting basin type solar still productivity: A detailed review
Muftah, Ali. F.; Alghoul, M.A.; Fudholi, Ahmad; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 32 (2014) C, pp. 430-447
performance of solar stills. The results showed that the distillation productivity of solar stills are significantly influenced by … the fact that distillation productivity of solar still is heavily influenced by climatic, operational, and design …
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A graphical method to estimate the efficiency of a solar concentrator
Nijegorodov, N.; Jain, P.K.; Devan, K.R.S. - In: Renewable Energy 5 (1994) 1, pp. 373-375
A graphical method to estimate the efficiency of a solar concentrator used for heating and boiling liquids is described. The method involves the measuring of temperature of stagnated liquid in the absorber as a function of time at noon. The graphically estimated efficiency is within 5% of the...
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Energy-use analysis and evaluation of distillation systems through avoidable exergy destruction and investment costs
Wei, Zhiqiang; Zhang, Bingjian; Wu, Shengyuan; Chen, Qinglin - In: Energy 42 (2012) 1, pp. 424-433
exergy analysis and an exergoeconomic evaluation to identify the potential energy savings in distillation processes. Methods … for calculating the avoidable/unavoidable exergy destructions and investment costs for distillation columns, and hot …-utility/cold-utility heat exchangers are proposed. For a distillation column, the unavoidable exergy destruction is estimated through the …
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Design and control of an ideal heat-integrated distillation column (ideal HIDiC) system separating a close-boiling ternary mixture
Huang, Kejin; Shan, Lan; Zhu, Qunxiong; Qian, Jixin - In: Energy 32 (2007) 11, pp. 2148-2156
Despite the fact that a stand-alone ideal heat-integrated distillation column (ideal HIDiC) can be thermodynamically …
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