Save Energy in Binary Distillation

摘要

CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS for binary distillation generally work well but consume a lot of energy. Usually site-generated steam boils up the liquid bottoms of the column and site-generated refrigerated liquids condense the vapor that comes off the top of the column. Binary distillation takes advantage of the saturation temperature pressure differences between two chemicals to produce a high purity single component or a specified mixture of the two materials. Its earliest use probably was partially separating water from ethanol.