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by
Amol S. Hukkerikar and Datta Kuvalekar
Technology Centre,
Forbes Marshall, Pune
India
A Presentation to the
International Conference on Advances in Energy Research
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
12th – 14th Dec 2007
Is an energy-intensive process.
Capacity equation
U i Ai (Ti −1 − τ i ) = Vi −1 ( H (τ i −1 ) − h(Ti −1 ))
τ i = BPRi + Ti
Simulation results
Simulation variables Simulation results
Steam consumption (Vo) kg/h 3242.55
Boiling point of solution in first effect (τ1) °C 116.53
Saturation temperature in first effect (T1) °C 111.65
Solute concentration at first effect outlet (X1) % 14.14
Liquid flow rate at first effect outlet (L1) kg/h 6108.49
Boiling point of solution in second effect (τ2) °C 71.73
Final product concentration (X2) % 26.04
Liquid product rate at second effect outlet (L2) kg/h 3318.03