Method makes refineries more efficient
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products. The researchers have demonstrated their method on petroleum plants that separate crude, showing that 70 of the new sequences they identified could enable oil refineries to improve the energy efficiency of this step anywhere from 6 percent to 48 percent, said Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering.
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Tags: Chemical Engineering, Crude Petroleum, Distillation, Energy Costs, Energy Efficiency, Oil Refineries, Petroleum Plants, Purdue University, Sequences, West Lafayette, Winthrop