EP0456647A1 - Method and apparatus for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation

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EP0456647A1
EP0456647A1 EP19900901597 EP90901597A EP0456647A1 EP 0456647 A1 EP0456647 A1 EP 0456647A1 EP 19900901597 EP19900901597 EP 19900901597 EP 90901597 A EP90901597 A EP 90901597A EP 0456647 A1 EP0456647 A1 EP 0456647A1
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Olavi LEPPÄNEN
Raimo Laakso
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D3/00—Distillation or related exchange processes in which liquids are contacted with gaseous media, e.g. stripping
    • B01D3/14—Fractional distillation or use of a fractionation or rectification column
    • B01D3/32—Other features of fractionating columns ; Constructional details of fractionating columns not provided for in groups B01D3/16 - B01D3/30
    • B01D3/322—Reboiler specifications
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D3/00—Distillation or related exchange processes in which liquids are contacted with gaseous media, e.g. stripping
    • B01D3/001—Processes specially adapted for distillation or rectification of fermented solutions
    • B01D3/003—Rectification of spirit
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D3/00—Distillation or related exchange processes in which liquids are contacted with gaseous media, e.g. stripping
    • B01D3/34—Distillation or related exchange processes in which liquids are contacted with gaseous media, e.g. stripping with one or more auxiliary substances
    • B01D3/40—Extractive distillation

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  • the present invention concerns a method for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation, in which method the liquid mixture to be purified is supplied into a multi-plate purifying column, between its bottom space and still head, a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture is fed into the column, a distillate containing volatile impurities is obtained from the still head and the purified two-component liquid mixture is obtained from the bottom of the column.
  • the invention also concerns a distillation apparatus for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation, said apparatus comprising a multi-plate purifying column; feed equipment for supply ⁇ ing the mixture to be purified into the column below the top plate; feed equipment for supplying a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture into the column; a still head outlet, with possible refluxing, for the removal of the distillate vapours from the still head; and a bottom outlet, with possible refluxing, for the removal of the bottom product from the bottom of the column.
  • the invention relates to a meth ⁇ od and an apparatus for the purification of a two-compo ⁇ nent liquid mixture by distillation, said two-component liquid mixture containing a compound with a higher boil- ing point and another compound with a lower boiling point.
  • These compounds of the liquid mixture may be any liquids permitting purification by distillation.
  • the invention concerns a method and a cor ⁇ responding apparatus for the purification of a mixture of water and ethanol in the manufacture of drinkable alcohol.
  • the alcohol is usually separated by distillation in a mash column in which raw alcohol is obtained from the still head and the grain with low alcohol content from the bottom.
  • the raw alcohol obtained from the mash column usually having an alcohol concentration of 30 - 50 % by weight, can be passed to a purifying or hydroselection column either directly in the vaporized state or in liquid state after condensation, or after it has been rectified into raw spirit, which typically has a concentration of 88 - 94 % by weight.
  • the raw alcohol or raw spirit is diluted with water and subjected to extractive distillation. During this stage, the raw alcohol is effectively purified of substances that are undesirable in clear spirit of neutral smell and taste, e.g. vodka.
  • the evaporability of the impurities increases as the ethanol content of the water-ethanol mixture decreases.
  • the rest of the impurities contained in the ethanol- water mixture obtained from the bottom of the purifying column are concentrated partly in the still head and partly in the so-called fusel zone of the rectifying column, from where they can be removed.
  • the fusel zone of the rectifying column is located in the region where the ethanol content of the ethanol-water mixture boiling on the column plates is approx. 10 - 70 % by weight.
  • a so-called methanol column is used. From this, the pure alcohol is obtained from the bottom while the fraction containing impurities, e.g. methanol, is obtained from the still head.
  • industrial extractive purifica- tion of raw alcohol can be implemented in two ways re ⁇ garding the manner in which the diluting water is sup ⁇ plied into the column.
  • the raw alco ⁇ hol and the required diluting water are fed in together onto the same plate, located several plates below the still head.
  • the purified ethanol-water mixture typical ⁇ ly having a concentration of 8-20 % by weight, is ob ⁇ tained from the bottom of the column while the undesir ⁇ able compounds are removed from the still head in the form of distillate vapour.
  • the ethanol content of the dis- tillate vapour obtained from the still head typically amounts to a value exceeding 80 % by weight.
  • the raw alcohol is fed into the column at a point below the top plate while the diluting water is supplied onto the top plate of the column.
  • the purified ethanol-water mixture typically having a concentration of 8-20 % by weight, is obtained from the bottom of the column.
  • the undesirable compounds are re ⁇ moved from the still head of the purifying column in the form of a distillate vapour which typically has an ethanol concentration below 30 % by weight.
  • the distillate vapour obtained from the still head need not be refluxed after condensation back to the top plate, because the diluting water supplied to the top plate constitutes a reflux in the upper part of the column and is responsible for the low ethanol content of the distillate vapour obtained from the still head.
  • the liquid is heated to a boiling temperature by means of steam either directly by supplying it into the bottom space of the column or indirectly using a heat exchanger.
  • the purifying column typically needs 1 - 3
  • the object of the invention is to achieve a method and an apparatus for implementing purifiying distillation in such a way as to reduce the energy required for the distillation to a level essentially below the energy requirement of previously known methods and apparatuses.
  • the present invention provides a new and sur ⁇ prising solution regarding the energy requirement of the purifying column.
  • the heat content of the vapour obtained from the still head of the purifying column can be utilized for the heating of the bottom space of the same column.
  • the vapour obtained from the still head of the purifying column need not be compressed mechanically or by other means to increase its temperature.
  • the mixture itself or one of its compo- nents e.g. the one with the lower boiling point
  • the other component e.g. a diluting liquid having a higher boiling point
  • the supply of the diluting liquid and the operational conditions in the column are adjusted as described below so as to ensure that the temperature in the still head is higher than the temperature at the bottom of the column.
  • the vapour obtained from the still head can be used for the heating of the bottom space.
  • the apparatus of the invention comprises equip ⁇ ment for supplying a diluting liquid onto the top plate, below the top plate or both onto and below the top plate, and equipment for supplying the liquid mixture to be purified into the purifying column at a point below the point of supply of the diluting liquid.
  • the novelty in the apparatus of the invention is its equipment for passing part of the heat content of the distillate vapour obtained from the still head into the bottom space of the column e.g. by means of a heat exchanger serving to maintain a boiling temperature in the bottom space.
  • the boiling tem ⁇ perature of the liquid at the bottom was always dis ⁇ tinctly higher than the temperature of the distillate vapour obtained from the top of the column because the liquid at the bottom has a lower ethanol content and a higher pressure than the distillate vapour obtained from the top.
  • the second operational mode of the purifying column by varying the amount of diluting liquid used, the position of the point of supply of raw alcohol in the column and the intensity of the boiling, it is possible to exert a strong influence on the temperature of the distillate vapour removed from the top of the column and, to a lesser extent, on the boiling point of the liquid at the bottom of the column.
  • the purifying column has 25 - 50 bubble, sieve or valve plates, across which the pressure loss in the column during distillation is usually 75 - 250 mbar. If packed column fillers with a small pressure loss are used, the pressure difference in the column can be kept at a level below 50 mbar.
  • the distillate vapour obtained from the still head of the purifying column is passed essentially as such and directly from the still head to the secondary side of a heat exchanger communicating with the bottom space of the same column, in such manner that the distillate vapour is partly or completely condensed in the exchanger, which transfers the condensation energy of the vapour to the bottom space for use in the boiling of the liquid.
  • the arrangement provided by the invention makes it possible to achieve a substantial reduction in the amount of external energy required by the purifying column.
  • the apparatus of the invention can also be used for the purifying distillation of raw alcohol or impure spirit produced in other ways besides fermentation, e.g. synthetic spirit.
  • the alcohol to be purified has a concentration of e.g. 20 - 90 % by weight.
  • the alcohol to be purified is raw alcohol obtained from a mash column and has a concentration of 35 - 50 % by weight.
  • the alco ⁇ hol to be purified is raw alcohol with a concentration of e.g. 88 - 94 % by weight.
  • the method and apparatus of the invention are also applicable for the purification of other liquid pairs besides water-ethanol mixtures.
  • Such liquid pairs may consist e.g. of water and other kinds of alcohol, water and other organic liquids, and/or organic liquids in general.
  • Fig. 1 presents a flow- chart illustrating the operation of an industrial-scale distillation apparatus representing the state of the art.
  • Fig. 2 presents a flow chart representing an embodiment of the method and apparatus of the invention.
  • Example 1
  • a purifying column as illus- trated by Fig. 1 was used.
  • the column was a 45-plate bubble plate column.
  • Raw alcohol e.g. the distillate obtained from a mash column
  • the raw alcohol feed can be preheated in some other heat exchanger belonging to the distillation system.
  • the purified weak alcohol solution typically having an ethanol content of 8 - 20 % by weight, was passed from the bottom space 6 via output line 7 to other parts of the distillation system for further processing.
  • the ethanol-containing vapour obtained from the still head 5 of the purifying column is passed via line 4 into a heat exchanger 12, where it is condensed.
  • the condensed vapour, the so-called distillate was removed from the heat exchanger via line 10 and directed to other parts of the distillation system for further processing.
  • the apparatus was provided with another heat exchanger 8 connected to the bottom space of the column. Via line 10, primary vapour was supplied to the primary side of the heat exchanger.
  • the condensed vapour, the so-called primary condensate was removed from the heat exchanger via exhaust line 11 and passed to other parts of the distillation system for further processing.
  • the heat energy released in the condensation of the primary vapour was transferred to the secondary side of the heat exchanger and further via line 9 to the bottom space of the purifying column, causing the liquid in the bottom space to boil.
  • thermal power fed into heat exchanger 8 in example 1 can be calculated as follows:
  • the distillate vapour flow 4 Since the distillate vapour flow 4 has an etha ⁇ nol content of 2.64 % by weight, the temperature falls in the total condensation from 105°C to 101.9"C. Since the condensation temperature in the total condensation is higher than the temperature in the bottom space of the purifying column in example 1, the distillate vapour can be directed to a heat exchanger providing heat for the boiling of the liquid in the bottom space as illus ⁇ trated by Fig. 2, thus enabling the entire condensation heat to be transferred to the bottom space to maintain the boiling temperature.
  • Example 2 shows that the method and apparatus of the invention enable the required external boiling energy of the purifying column to be reduced from a value of 2627 MJ/h to a value of 200 MJ/h.

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Abstract

Méthode de purification par distillation d'un mélange de liquide binaire, par laquelle le mélange liquide à purifier passe dans une colonne de purification multiplaque entre son espace de fond et le chapiteau de la cucurbite, le liquide diluant constitué de l'un des composants du mélange liquide est introduit dans la colonne, un distillat renfermant des impuretés volatiles est obtenu au niveau du chapiteau de la cucurbite et le mélange liquide binaire purifié est obtenu au fond de la colonne, au moins une partie de la chaleur contenue dans le distillat obtenu dans le chapiteau de la cucurbite étant dirigée vers l'espace du fond de la colonne, par exemple, en faisant passer le distillat à travers un échangeur de chaleur qui transfère de la chaleur à l'espace du fond.Method for the purification by distillation of a mixture of binary liquid, by which the liquid mixture to be purified passes through a multiplication purification column between its bottom space and the marquee of cucurbite, the diluent liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture is introduced into the column, a distillate containing volatile impurities is obtained at the cucurbite capital and the purified binary liquid mixture is obtained at the bottom of the column, at least part of the heat contained in the distillate obtained in the capital of the cucurbite being directed towards the space at the bottom of the column, for example, by passing the distillate through a heat exchanger which transfers heat to the space at the bottom.

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF A TWO-COMPONENT LIQUID MIXTURE BY DISTILLATION
The present invention concerns a method for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation, in which method the liquid mixture to be purified is supplied into a multi-plate purifying column, between its bottom space and still head, a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture is fed into the column, a distillate containing volatile impurities is obtained from the still head and the purified two-component liquid mixture is obtained from the bottom of the column.
The invention also concerns a distillation apparatus for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation, said apparatus comprising a multi-plate purifying column; feed equipment for supply¬ ing the mixture to be purified into the column below the top plate; feed equipment for supplying a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture into the column; a still head outlet, with possible refluxing, for the removal of the distillate vapours from the still head; and a bottom outlet, with possible refluxing, for the removal of the bottom product from the bottom of the column.
In particular, the invention relates to a meth¬ od and an apparatus for the purification of a two-compo¬ nent liquid mixture by distillation, said two-component liquid mixture containing a compound with a higher boil- ing point and another compound with a lower boiling point. These compounds of the liquid mixture may be any liquids permitting purification by distillation. More particularly, the invention concerns a method and a cor¬ responding apparatus for the purification of a mixture of water and ethanol in the manufacture of drinkable alcohol.
To produce drinkable alcohol from fermented mash, the alcohol is usually separated by distillation in a mash column in which raw alcohol is obtained from the still head and the grain with low alcohol content from the bottom. Depending on the distillation system used, the raw alcohol obtained from the mash column, usually having an alcohol concentration of 30 - 50 % by weight, can be passed to a purifying or hydroselection column either directly in the vaporized state or in liquid state after condensation, or after it has been rectified into raw spirit, which typically has a concentration of 88 - 94 % by weight.
In the purifying column, the raw alcohol or raw spirit is diluted with water and subjected to extractive distillation. During this stage, the raw alcohol is effectively purified of substances that are undesirable in clear spirit of neutral smell and taste, e.g. vodka.
These undesirable impurities are typically amyl alcohols, aldehydes, esters and other organic compounds occurring in small quantities in raw alcohol.
The evaporability of the impurities increases as the ethanol content of the water-ethanol mixture decreases.
To achieve the required decrease of the ethanol content in the purifying column, water is supplied into it to dilute the raw alcohol or raw spirit during distillation. The dilution with water effects a large increase in the relative evaporability of undesirable compounds, causing the latter to concentrate in the still head, from where they can be removed as a so-called forerun. The purified and diluted alcoholic solution obtained from the bottom of the column is passed into a rectifying column where it is rectified anew. The rectified alcohol is obtained from the top of the rectifying column while the water with low alcohol content is obtained from the bottom and can be reused as diluting water in the purifying column. The rest of the impurities contained in the ethanol- water mixture obtained from the bottom of the purifying column are concentrated partly in the still head and partly in the so-called fusel zone of the rectifying column, from where they can be removed. The fusel zone of the rectifying column is located in the region where the ethanol content of the ethanol-water mixture boiling on the column plates is approx. 10 - 70 % by weight.
If necessary, to improve the quality of the rectified distillation product obtained from the recti- fying column, a so-called methanol column is used. From this, the pure alcohol is obtained from the bottom while the fraction containing impurities, e.g. methanol, is obtained from the still head.
In principle, industrial extractive purifica- tion of raw alcohol can be implemented in two ways re¬ garding the manner in which the diluting water is sup¬ plied into the column. In one alternative, the raw alco¬ hol and the required diluting water are fed in together onto the same plate, located several plates below the still head. The purified ethanol-water mixture, typical¬ ly having a concentration of 8-20 % by weight, is ob¬ tained from the bottom of the column while the undesir¬ able compounds are removed from the still head in the form of distillate vapour. Since the input plate or plates of the column are below the top plate, part of the ethanol-containing vapour obtained from the still head is returned after condensation back to the top plate to enable the top part of the column to function. Due to this refluxing, the ethanol content of the dis- tillate vapour obtained from the still head typically amounts to a value exceeding 80 % by weight.
In the other alternative operational mode of a purifying column, the raw alcohol is fed into the column at a point below the top plate while the diluting water is supplied onto the top plate of the column. The purified ethanol-water mixture, typically having a concentration of 8-20 % by weight, is obtained from the bottom of the column. The undesirable compounds are re¬ moved from the still head of the purifying column in the form of a distillate vapour which typically has an ethanol concentration below 30 % by weight. In this alternative, the distillate vapour obtained from the still head need not be refluxed after condensation back to the top plate, because the diluting water supplied to the top plate constitutes a reflux in the upper part of the column and is responsible for the low ethanol content of the distillate vapour obtained from the still head.
In the case of both of these solutions regard¬ ing the operation of the purifying column, the liquid is heated to a boiling temperature by means of steam either directly by supplying it into the bottom space of the column or indirectly using a heat exchanger. In both cases, the purifying column typically needs 1 - 3
MJ of external energy per 1 kg of purified ethanol
(100%) . The object of the invention is to achieve a method and an apparatus for implementing purifiying distillation in such a way as to reduce the energy required for the distillation to a level essentially below the energy requirement of previously known methods and apparatuses.
The present invention provides a new and sur¬ prising solution regarding the energy requirement of the purifying column. Using the arrangement provided by the invention, the heat content of the vapour obtained from the still head of the purifying column can be utilized for the heating of the bottom space of the same column. According to the invention, the vapour obtained from the still head of the purifying column need not be compressed mechanically or by other means to increase its temperature.
In the purification of a two-component liquid mixture, either the mixture itself or one of its compo- nents, e.g. the one with the lower boiling point, is fed into the purifying column at a point several plates below the top plate of the column. The other component, e.g. a diluting liquid having a higher boiling point, is supplied into the purifying column at a point above the point of supply of the component with a lower boiling point and/or onto the top plate of the column. The supply of the diluting liquid and the operational conditions in the column are adjusted as described below so as to ensure that the temperature in the still head is higher than the temperature at the bottom of the column. When this is the case, the vapour obtained from the still head can be used for the heating of the bottom space. The apparatus of the invention comprises equip¬ ment for supplying a diluting liquid onto the top plate, below the top plate or both onto and below the top plate, and equipment for supplying the liquid mixture to be purified into the purifying column at a point below the point of supply of the diluting liquid. The novelty in the apparatus of the invention is its equipment for passing part of the heat content of the distillate vapour obtained from the still head into the bottom space of the column e.g. by means of a heat exchanger serving to maintain a boiling temperature in the bottom space.
In practice it was discovered that the tempera¬ ture of the distillate vapour obtained from the top of the purifying column belonging to the purifying distil- lation system used in the production of drinkable alco¬ hol was higher than the boiling point of the liquid in the bottom space. Upon closer investigation of the mat¬ ter, it was discovered that the temperature of the dis¬ tillate vapour obtained from the top of the purifying column and the temperature of the liquid boiling in the bottom space showed large variations depending on the operating conditions in the column. In the first opera- tional mode of the purifying column, the boiling tem¬ perature of the liquid at the bottom was always dis¬ tinctly higher than the temperature of the distillate vapour obtained from the top of the column because the liquid at the bottom has a lower ethanol content and a higher pressure than the distillate vapour obtained from the top. In the second operational mode of the purifying column, by varying the amount of diluting liquid used, the position of the point of supply of raw alcohol in the column and the intensity of the boiling, it is possible to exert a strong influence on the temperature of the distillate vapour removed from the top of the column and, to a lesser extent, on the boiling point of the liquid at the bottom of the column. When the diluting water is supplied onto the top plate of the column, the result is a decrease in the ethanol content of the liquid boiling on the plates in the upper part of the column, which again leads to an increase in the temperature of the distillate vapour removed from the top of the column. If the quantity of diluting water is sufficient, the temperature of the distillate vapour removed from the top of the column will rise above the boiling temperature of the liquid boiling in the bottom space of the column. This temperature difference is the larger the smaller is the pressure loss, i.e. the pressure difference between top and bottom of the purifying column.
In a typical case, the purifying column has 25 - 50 bubble, sieve or valve plates, across which the pressure loss in the column during distillation is usually 75 - 250 mbar. If packed column fillers with a small pressure loss are used, the pressure difference in the column can be kept at a level below 50 mbar.
By adjusting the distillation conditions in the purifying colum in such a way that the temperature of the distillate vapour removed from the purifying column is higher than the boiling point of liquid at the bottom, it is possible to transfer the energy contained in the distillate vapour via a heat exchanger to the bottom of the same column for the boiling of the liquid, without compressing the vapour by mechanical or other means to produce a higher pressure or temperature. In the method of the invention, the distillate vapour obtained from the still head of the purifying column is passed essentially as such and directly from the still head to the secondary side of a heat exchanger communicating with the bottom space of the same column, in such manner that the distillate vapour is partly or completely condensed in the exchanger, which transfers the condensation energy of the vapour to the bottom space for use in the boiling of the liquid. The arrangement provided by the invention makes it possible to achieve a substantial reduction in the amount of external energy required by the purifying column.
The apparatus of the invention can also be used for the purifying distillation of raw alcohol or impure spirit produced in other ways besides fermentation, e.g. synthetic spirit.
When the method of the invention is used for the purification of alcohol, the alcohol to be purified has a concentration of e.g. 20 - 90 % by weight. In a typical case, the alcohol to be purified is raw alcohol obtained from a mash column and has a concentration of 35 - 50 % by weight. In another typical case, the alco¬ hol to be purified is raw alcohol with a concentration of e.g. 88 - 94 % by weight.
The method and apparatus of the invention are also applicable for the purification of other liquid pairs besides water-ethanol mixtures. Such liquid pairs may consist e.g. of water and other kinds of alcohol, water and other organic liquids, and/or organic liquids in general.
In the following, the invention is described in detail by the aid of examples of its embodiments, reference being made to the drawing attached, wherein:
Fig. 1 presents a flow- chart illustrating the operation of an industrial-scale distillation apparatus representing the state of the art.
Fig. 2 presents a flow chart representing an embodiment of the method and apparatus of the invention. Example 1:
In a distillery, a purifying column as illus- trated by Fig. 1 was used. The column was a 45-plate bubble plate column.
Raw alcohol, e.g. the distillate obtained from a mash column, was supplied through feed line 2 into the middle region of the column. The raw alcohol feed can be preheated in some other heat exchanger belonging to the distillation system.
A sufficient amount of diluting water, prefer¬ ably at a temperature close to that in the still head, e.g. the bottom product obtained from the bottom of a rectification column belonging to the distillation sys¬ tem, is supplied to the top plate of the purifying column via feed line 3.
The purified weak alcohol solution, typically having an ethanol content of 8 - 20 % by weight, was passed from the bottom space 6 via output line 7 to other parts of the distillation system for further processing.
The ethanol-containing vapour obtained from the still head 5 of the purifying column is passed via line 4 into a heat exchanger 12, where it is condensed. The condensed vapour, the so-called distillate, was removed from the heat exchanger via line 10 and directed to other parts of the distillation system for further processing. In addition, the apparatus was provided with another heat exchanger 8 connected to the bottom space of the column. Via line 10, primary vapour was supplied to the primary side of the heat exchanger. The condensed vapour, the so-called primary condensate, was removed from the heat exchanger via exhaust line 11 and passed to other parts of the distillation system for further processing. The heat energy released in the condensation of the primary vapour was transferred to the secondary side of the heat exchanger and further via line 9 to the bottom space of the purifying column, causing the liquid in the bottom space to boil. A materials and energy balance as shown in
Table 1, based on measurements, was drawn up for the purifying column illustrated by Fig. l.
The materials balance revealed that during practical distillation the temperature of the ethanol- containing vapour (flow line 4) obtained from the still head was higher than the boiling point in the bottom space (flow line 7) of the same column, and that, by using a heat exchanger, the heat energy of the ethanol- containing vapour could be utilized for maintaining a boiling temperature in the bottom space of the column.
e : Materials and ener balance
3. Diluting water 0 11000 +4795 feed 1204 mbar, 104βC
4. Distillate vapour 29 1098 -2909 1204 mbar, 105°C
Bottom product 1527 12863 -5102 1364 mbar, 99.1°C
10. Vapour 1193 +3228
2 bar, 120°C
11. Primary 1193 -601 condensate 2 bar, 120°C
Sum of column 1566 15154 1556 15154 0
Abbreviations: EtOH = ethanol mass flow tot. = total mass flow ent. = flow enthalpy; liquid at 0CC temperature reference level in enthalpy calculation + = direction of enthalpy flow inward from outside the balance limit
= direction of enthalpy flow outward from within the balance limit Example 2 :
From the materials and energy balance presented in Table 1, the thermal power fed into heat exchanger 8 in example 1 can be calculated as follows:
+ 32238 MJ/h - 601 MJ/h = 2627 MJ/h (flow 10) (flow 11)
It can be shown by calculations that the dis- tillate vapour flow 4 in example 1 is condensed under 1204-mbar pressure as follows:
1098 kg/h > 1098 kg/h + 2427 MJ/h distillate vapour condensate condensation heat
1204 mbar, 105eC 1204 mbar, 101.9CC
Since the distillate vapour flow 4 has an etha¬ nol content of 2.64 % by weight, the temperature falls in the total condensation from 105°C to 101.9"C. Since the condensation temperature in the total condensation is higher than the temperature in the bottom space of the purifying column in example 1, the distillate vapour can be directed to a heat exchanger providing heat for the boiling of the liquid in the bottom space as illus¬ trated by Fig. 2, thus enabling the entire condensation heat to be transferred to the bottom space to maintain the boiling temperature.
To maintain a thermal balance in the column, it is necessary to supply the column with primary boiling energy in the manner shown in Fig. 2, via heat exchanger 8b. The amount of energy required is as follows:
2627 MJ/h -2427 MJ/h = 200 MJ/h boiling power condensation heat of the vapour flow (4)
Example 2 shows that the method and apparatus of the invention enable the required external boiling energy of the purifying column to be reduced from a value of 2627 MJ/h to a value of 200 MJ/h.
The examples presented above only serve to illustrate the invention, and the embodiments of the invention may vary in the scope of the following claims.

Claims

1. Method for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation, in which method the liquid mixture to be purified is fed into a multi-plate purifying column between its bottom space and still head, a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture is fed into the column, a distillate containing volatile impurities is obtained from the still head and the purified two-component liquid mixture is obtained from the bottom of the column, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that at least part of the heat contained in the distillate obtained from the still head is directed to the bottom space of the column, e.g. by passing the distillate through a heat exchanger transferring heat to the bottom space.
2. Method according to claim 1, c h a r a c¬ t e r i z e d in that the temperature of the distillate obtained from the still head is higher than the temperature in the bottom space of the column.
3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, c h a r¬ a c t e r i z e d in that a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the two-component liquid mixture is fed into the column at a point located above the point of input of the mixture to be purified.
4. Method according to any one of claims 1 -
3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the two-component liquid mixture is fed to the top plate of the column.
5. Method according to any one of claims 1 -
4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the mixture to be purified is a mixture of ethanol and water.
6. Method according to claim 5, c h a r a c- t e r i z e d in that the ethanol content of the ethanol-water mixture is 20 - 95 % by weight.
7. Method according to claims 3 and 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the ethanol content of the vapour obtained from the still head is below 30 % by weight.
8. Distillation apparatus for the purification of a two-component liquid mixture by distillation, said apparatus comprising a multi-plate purifying column (1) ; feed equipment (2) for supplying the mixture to be purified into the column below the top plate; feed equipment (3.) for supplying a diluting liquid consisting of one of the components of the liquid mixture into the column; a still head outlet (4) for the removal of the distillate vapours from the still head (5) ; and a bottom outlet (7) for the removal of the bottom product from the bottom of the column; c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the apparatus is provided with a heat exchanger (8) and that the distillate vapours removed from the still head (5) are directed into the heat exchanger (8) , which transfers at least part of the heat contained in the vapours into the bottom space of the column (1) .
9. Method according to claim 8, c h a r a c¬ t e r i z e d in that the diluting liquid is supplied to the top plate of the column by the relevant feed equipment (3) , while the liquid mixture is supplied to a plate below the top plate of the column by the relevant feed equipment (2) .
10. Apparatus according to claim 8, c h a r¬ a c t e r i z e d in that it is provided with a heat exchanger (8b) for supplying the bottom space of the purifying column (1) with the thermal power needed for the εtarting-up of the column as well as the thermal power needed' o maintain a thermal.balance in the column during operation.
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