AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION COMPARISON BETWEEN SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR AROMATICS OBTENTION FROM AROMATICS RICH HYDROCARBON MIXTURES

Authors

  • Aline Zacarelli Centro Universitário da FEI
  • Caroline Alves Sampaio Faria Centro Universitário da FEI
  • Jéssica Amorim Matos Centro Universitário da FEI
  • Kemer Neves Zuri Centro Universitário da FEI
  • Leonardo Seiji Otsubo Hayasida Centro Universitário da FEI
  • Newton Libânio Ferreira Centro Universitário da FEI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18540/jcecvl3iss2pp112-120

Keywords:

distillation, extraction, aromatcis, BTX

Abstract

This work aims the comparison of energy consumption between two petrochemical routes i. e. AROSOLVAN and DISTAPEX. Both are wide used routes for aromatics production form hydrocarbon rich mixtures. As raw material was chosen a reformate mixrure richh in the three major substances namely benzene, toluene, and xylenes. The mixture of these aromatics is the main product and is known as BTX. The solvent is N-methyl-2-pirrolidone (NMP). For the analysis both processes were modeled in the software ASPEN PLUS®. It was also studied the influence of other solvents. As result for the AROSOLVAN process it was obtained a heat consumption of 485,6 kcal/kg of BTX and 70 m3/h of cooling water. For the DISTAPEX process the heat comsumption was 430,8 kcal/kg ofe BTX and 102 m3/h of cooling water. As can be seen both processes are equivalent in the matter of energy consumption.

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Author Biographies

Aline Zacarelli, Centro Universitário da FEI

Caroline Alves Sampaio Faria, Centro Universitário da FEI

Jéssica Amorim Matos, Centro Universitário da FEI

Kemer Neves Zuri, Centro Universitário da FEI

Leonardo Seiji Otsubo Hayasida, Centro Universitário da FEI

Newton Libânio Ferreira, Centro Universitário da FEI

Published

2017-03-19

How to Cite

Zacarelli, A., Faria, C. A. S., Matos, J. A., Zuri, K. N., Hayasida, L. S. O., & Ferreira, N. L. (2017). AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION COMPARISON BETWEEN SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR AROMATICS OBTENTION FROM AROMATICS RICH HYDROCARBON MIXTURES. The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences, 3(2), 112–120. https://doi.org/10.18540/jcecvl3iss2pp112-120

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