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Divide Wall Columns
Divide Wall Columns
Divide Wall Columns
Prod A
Feed Prod B
Prod C
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Why to use them?
Prod A
Conventional ??!!
Prod B
Feed
Prod C
Prod A
Divided Wall ??!!
Feed Prod B
Prod C
Setup-1a Setup-1b
Setup-2a Setup-2b
Setup-3a Setup-3b
• What is MFW ?.
– My Favorite Way
• Total = 5
• Divided wall columns are not the right answer for all A-B-C
distillation problems.
• They are cheaper to build and operate generally...
• …that is if you can operate them properly in the first place (a
control challenge).
• Hysys is the best tool to model them with the column sub-
flowsheet tools.
• Operability can be checked by Hysys.Plant.
• Lots of potential savings.