Distillation: processes – separatory – With measuring – testing or inspecting
Patent
1981-05-06
1982-11-09
Bascomb, Jr., Wilbur L.
Distillation: processes, separatory
With measuring, testing or inspecting
203 2, 203 3, 203 19, 203 70, 203 81, 203DIG13, 202160, 202206, B01D 342, C07C 2982
Patent
active
043583466
ABSTRACT:
Control of multiple distillation columns for producing anhydrous alcohol suitable for blending with gasoline to produce gasohol. The distillation process involves production of a first-stage distillate containing a predetermined amount of water, followed by azeotropic distillation in the presence of a hydrocarbon entrainer to strip the distillate of its water content, leaving anhydrous alcohol as a bottom product. Tight controls are present during first-stage distillate production to hold its proof at an optimum value derived at through material balance calculations to minimize energy consumption for the overall system. Control over the dehydrating stage is accomplished by a combination of ratio control to regulate and maintain the proper proportion of the entrainer and temperature control to regulate within the column the actual inventory of entrainer. This latter control loop includes adjusting the rate of boiling so as to be sufficient to keep the hydrocarbon out of the alcohol product and yet not high enough to drive alcohol overhead out of the column.
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Bascomb, Jr. Wilbur L.
Karnakis Andrew T.
The Foxboro Company
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