Analysis of the distillation section of a distillery of cane spirit applying a commercial simulator

Authors

  • Osney Pérez Ones Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana, Facultad de Ingeniería Química
  • Lauzurique Guerra Yeney Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana, Facultad de Ingeniería Química
  • Lourdes Zumalacárregui de Cárdenas Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana, Facultad de Ingeniería Química
  • Zuanchyt Rodríguez Cabrera Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana, Facultad de Ingeniería Química

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18779/cyt.v11i2.235

Keywords:

BOILER, CONDENSER, DISTILLATION, SPIRIT

Abstract

The present work offers a solution of mass and energy balances for a Cuban distillery, for a system formed by a rum column distillation, wine heater-condensers, a cooling tower and a boiler. The process was modeling in commercial simulator HYSYS v3.2 and the results were compared with an enthalpy diagram - composition for the ethanol - water system, representative of the vapor-liquid equilibrium at 101.3 kPa in order to verify the kindness of the simulation model. Results differs less than 5%, so the model reproduce the process behavior. Using the simulation model, mass flow and outlet wine’s temperature influence on the spirit mass and its composition were analyzed. The best operating conditions were selected as 40 000 kg/h of feed stream and 90 °C at the outlet wine’s heater. The behavior of the boiler that feed the distillation column was checked. Recovering 19% of the combustion gasses’ heat is possible.

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Published

2018-12-30

How to Cite

Pérez Ones, O., Guerra Yeney, L., Zumalacárregui de Cárdenas, L., & Rodríguez Cabrera, Z. (2018). Analysis of the distillation section of a distillery of cane spirit applying a commercial simulator. Ciencia Y Tecnología, 11(2), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.18779/cyt.v11i2.235

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2018): Science and Technology Journal July - December 2018

Section

Food Science

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