EFFICIENT COMBINATION OF DISTILLATION AND ABSORPTION
Distillation remains the most used separation technology in the chemical industry, in spite of its large energy demands caused by low thermodynamic efficiency. Pass-through distillation (PTD) is an emerging hybrid separation technology that efficiently combines distillation with absorption. The basic idea of pass-through distillation involves the decoupling of the evaporation and condensation steps of a distillation process, by means of an absorption-desorption loop that passes through the component to be separated and thus allows the use of different pressures and types of heating/cooling utilities. Its main applications are in areas where conventional distillation does not work, and other methods are either too costly or prone to fouling.
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