Economic Comparison of Crystallization Technologies for Different Chemical Products
| Autor: | Kwan-Ling Wu, Jeffrey D. Ward, Hsing-Yu Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Materials science
business.industry General Chemical Engineering 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Membrane distillation Unit operation Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering law.invention 020401 chemical engineering law Scientific method Waste heat Coal 0204 chemical engineering Crystallization Solubility 0210 nano-technology Reverse osmosis business Process engineering |
| Zdroj: | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57:12444-12457 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5045 0888-5885 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01801 |
| Popis: | Crystallization is an ancient unit operation that remains vital for the chemical process industry. Traditional single-effect evaporation consumes a great deal of energy, and various alternatives to this method have been proposed. In this work, the total cost of producing a fixed quantity of different solid chemicals by crystallization from water is determined for several different technologies: evaporative crystallization, membrane distillation with porous hydrophobic membranes, reverse osmosis membrane-assisted crystallization, and eutectic freeze crystallization (EFC). Among the solute properties, the solubility has the greatest effect on the cost of the process since it determines the amount of water that must be removed per unit product produced. If waste heat is available at a unit price lower than that of low-pressure steam produced using coal or natural gas, then the assumed price of waste heat also has a significant effect on the economics. The results indicate that, if feasible, reverse osmosis h... |
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