Introduction
Distillation tower or separation tower is a device that when a solution with different components such as oil is poured into it, its components are separated based on the difference in the boiling point of its components. This tower is built in two small laboratory scale and large industrial scale in refineries. The laboratory type is made of glass for small amounts of material. But the industrial type is prepared for petrochemical processes, oil, natural gas, fermentation and coal tar process. The most important use of the distillation tower in the oil industry is to separate its various hydrocarbons based on volatility, because crude oil is a complex mixture of several components. Heavier hydrocarbon has a high boiling point and light hydrocarbon with a low boiling point leaves the tower sooner.
Description of the Process
To perform the simulation, we go to the simulation environment and draw the desired flow sheet, which has two modes:
First mode: Distillation tower simulation
The second mode: flash calculations performed on the flow and its outputs
Then we run it by giving the operating conditions and the input flow and the data of the distillation tower.
Conclusion
Distillation is one of the most common processes of separating a mixture of two (or more) components back to its original state by heating the mixture to a temperature between their respective boiling points. In fact, fractional (or fractional) distillation is done by applying and removing heat in order to separate liquid from liquid. Simulation of distillation towers using Aspen Plus software is a powerful tool for analyzing and designing separation processes in various industries. This software helps process engineers to provide the most optimal design for their systems by providing accurate thermodynamic models and the ability to define different types of distillation towers.
Depropanizer Distillation Tower Simulation by Aspen Plus
In this project, the simulation of depropanizer distillation tower is simulated with Aspen Plus in Aspen Plus software. The project has a complete report. To buy the project or get more information about it, proceed through the link below.