Published studies have been focused mainly on the energy integration of continuous distillation columns. In this contribution, a novel heat integrated batch distillation column (HIBDC) is proposed. Aiming to improve the thermodynamic efficiency and reduce the total annual cost (TAC), a thermally...

Increasing energy demand, consequently high crude oil prices and growing concern for pollution motivated the researchers to explore more energy-efficient and environment-friendly process technologies. Although the heat integrated distillation has been researched for a number of decades,...