Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4987036 | Chemical Engineering Research and Design | 2017 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents a quantitative design of a three-stage compression refrigeration process that uses methane, ethylene and propylene as the working refrigerant fluids in the three stages. Heat is removed in the condenser of a cryogenic distillation column separating carbon monoxide and methane. The bubble-point temperature of carbon monoxide at 13.9 bar is â158 °C. The distillation column condenser is cooled by evaporating boiling liquid methane at â163 °C. The second stage has an evaporator with boiling ethylene at â106.7 °C. The final stage has an evaporator with boiling propylene at â25.9 °C. An effective plantwide control structure is developed and tested.
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Authors
Nicole Johnson, Jonas Baltrusaitis, William L. Luyben,