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Classification of Reboilers
Natural circulation reboilers use a gradient (preseure, density, or temperature) between reboller inlet column
bottoms liquid and reboiler outlet liquid-vapor mixture to circulate the vapor in the distillation column.
Meanwhile, forced circulation reboilers use a pump to provide the needed head to deliver the tower bottoms into
the reboiers.CHEMKL EB
What Is A Thermosyphon Reboiler?
* Athermosyphon reboiler is « type of natural circulation reboller that utilizes the difference in density between the inlet
liquid and outlet vapor-liquid mixture to provide the needed head to circulate the column bottoms into the reboller.
* They are used commonly in distillation, stripping, and absorption towers in chemical, petrochemical, and refining,
industries. About 70% of vertical rebollers used in petrochemical industries are thermosyphons.
Working Principle: The Thermosyphon Effect
+ Thermosyphon Is « flow driven by density gradient caused by natural or passive convection. Here's how the principle
works:
+ Asthe fluid temperature rises trom the reboller inlet to the discharge end, the density of the fluid changes (higher
temperature equals lower density).
{As thermal expansion happens, warmer fluid rises while colder fluld simultaneously replaces the warmer fluid in a closed
recurring loop.
This thermal expansion causes a gradient between the densities of the process fluid at the inlet and at the outlet of the
reboiler. In thermosyphon rebollers, the vapor generated has higher convective pressure than the bottoms liquid, thus
generating enough pressure and velocity to circulate the vapor-liquid mixture in the reboller and back to the column,Cee
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AS IMI thermosyphon reboiler.
5) FE Q The process fluid enters the reboiler (A), which is heated
- by a heating fluid flowing through the reboiler (B).
OAs the temperature of the process fluid increases, thermal
expansion occurs and a vapor-liquid mixture forms
towards the reboiler discharge point (c).
Q The vapor rises to the column while the liquid is collected
I again at the bottom to be fed to the reboiler.SHEMKL YS
Horizontal vs. Vertical Thermosyphon Reboilers
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