EP3684888A4 - Energy-efficient systems including vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants - Google Patents
Energy-efficient systems including vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants Download PDFInfo
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- EP3684888A4 EP3684888A4 EP17925687.0A EP17925687A EP3684888A4 EP 3684888 A4 EP3684888 A4 EP 3684888A4 EP 17925687 A EP17925687 A EP 17925687A EP 3684888 A4 EP3684888 A4 EP 3684888A4
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- biofuel
- energy
- systems including
- vapor compression
- including vapor
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 239000002551 biofuel Substances 0.000 title 1
- 230000006835 compression Effects 0.000 title 1
- 238000007906 compression Methods 0.000 title 1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G7/00—Distillation of hydrocarbon oils
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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- B01D1/00—Evaporating
- B01D1/28—Evaporating with vapour compression
- B01D1/284—Special features relating to the compressed vapour
- B01D1/2856—The compressed vapour is used for heating a reboiler or a heat exchanger outside an evaporator
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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- 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
- B01D3/002—Processes specially adapted for distillation or rectification of fermented solutions by continuous methods
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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
- B01D3/143—Fractional distillation or use of a fractionation or rectification column by two or more of a fractionation, separation or rectification step
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G7/00—Distillation of hydrocarbon oils
- C10G7/12—Controlling or regulating
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12P—FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE
- C12P7/00—Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds
- C12P7/02—Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds containing a hydroxy group
- C12P7/04—Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds containing a hydroxy group acyclic
- C12P7/06—Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12P—FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE
- C12P7/00—Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds
- C12P7/02—Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds containing a hydroxy group
- C12P7/04—Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds containing a hydroxy group acyclic
- C12P7/16—Butanols
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G2300/00—Aspects relating to hydrocarbon processing covered by groups C10G1/00 - C10G99/00
- C10G2300/40—Characteristics of the process deviating from typical ways of processing
- C10G2300/4056—Retrofitting operations
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E50/00—Technologies for the production of fuel of non-fossil origin
- Y02E50/10—Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P20/00—Technologies relating to chemical industry
- Y02P20/50—Improvements relating to the production of bulk chemicals
- Y02P20/59—Biological synthesis; Biological purification
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
- Y02P70/10—Greenhouse gas [GHG] capture, material saving, heat recovery or other energy efficient measures, e.g. motor control, characterised by manufacturing processes, e.g. for rolling metal or metal working
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- Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
- General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
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- Microbiology (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Biochemistry (AREA)
- Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Genetics & Genomics (AREA)
- Biotechnology (AREA)
- Vaporization, Distillation, Condensation, Sublimation, And Cold Traps (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US15/711,699 US11458413B2 (en) | 2016-03-28 | 2017-09-21 | Energy-efficient systems including vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants |
PCT/US2017/052835 WO2019059915A1 (en) | 2017-09-21 | 2017-09-22 | Energy-efficient systems including vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants |
Publications (2)
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EP3684888A1 EP3684888A1 (en) | 2020-07-29 |
EP3684888A4 true EP3684888A4 (en) | 2021-12-15 |
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EP17925687.0A Pending EP3684888A4 (en) | 2017-09-21 | 2017-09-22 | Energy-efficient systems including vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP3684888A4 (en) |
CN (1) | CN111148821B (en) |
CA (1) | CA3076506A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2019059915A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US11458413B2 (en) * | 2016-03-28 | 2022-10-04 | Energy Integration, Inc. | Energy-efficient systems including vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants |
WO2023062244A1 (en) * | 2021-10-15 | 2023-04-20 | Whitefox Technologies Limited | Heat integrated process and system for organic solvent production using vapor recompression |
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US4340446A (en) * | 1979-08-31 | 1982-07-20 | Crawford Lynn A | Heat recovery in distillation process |
US4539076A (en) * | 1982-09-27 | 1985-09-03 | Swain R L Bibb | Vapor compression distillation system |
US5586442A (en) * | 1994-10-17 | 1996-12-24 | Helios Research Corp. | Thermal absorption compression cycle |
JP6133599B2 (en) * | 2009-06-04 | 2017-05-24 | ゲノマチカ, インク. | Method for separating components of fermentation broth |
EP2788096A2 (en) * | 2011-12-09 | 2014-10-15 | Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC | Process to remove product alcohols from fermentation broth |
AU2013203429B2 (en) * | 2012-03-09 | 2016-10-27 | BlueLagoon Energy Technologies Ltd | Apparatus and method for vapour driven absorption heat pumps and absorption heat transformer with applications |
WO2014130352A1 (en) * | 2013-02-21 | 2014-08-28 | Butamax Advanced Biofuels Llc | Recovery of thermal energy as heat source in the production of butanol from a fermentation process |
US9925476B2 (en) * | 2016-03-28 | 2018-03-27 | Energy Integration, Inc. | Energy-efficient systems including combined heat and power and mechanical vapor compression for biofuel or biochemical plants |
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- 2017-09-22 WO PCT/US2017/052835 patent/WO2019059915A1/en unknown
- 2017-09-22 CN CN201780095406.4A patent/CN111148821B/en active Active
- 2017-09-22 CA CA3076506A patent/CA3076506A1/en active Pending
- 2017-09-22 EP EP17925687.0A patent/EP3684888A4/en active Pending
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EP3684888A1 (en) | 2020-07-29 |
CN111148821B (en) | 2022-11-22 |
CN111148821A (en) | 2020-05-12 |
CA3076506A1 (en) | 2019-03-28 |
WO2019059915A1 (en) | 2019-03-28 |
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