Volume 42, Issue 5 pp. 1116-1126
Research Article

Economic and Risk Analyses of an Industrial N,N-Dimethylformamide Recovery Process

Bin Shi

Bin Shi

Wuhan University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 430070 Wuhan, China

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Xiao Xu He

Xiao Xu He

Wuhan University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 430070 Wuhan, China

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Wei Wu

Corresponding Author

Wei Wu

Wuhan University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 430070 Wuhan, China

National Cheng Kung University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 70101 Tainan, Taiwan

Correspondence: Wei Wu ([email protected]), National Cheng Kung University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.Search for more papers by this author
Chu Li Hsien

Chu Li Hsien

National Cheng Kung University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 70101 Tainan, Taiwan

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First published: 12 March 2019
Citations: 6

Abstract

The industrial N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) recovery plant is usually based on a two-column sequence (TCS) and the capacity of the wastewater treatment process is larger than 2000 kg h−1. Here, a dividing-wall column (DWC)-based DMF recovery plant is proposed. The DWC avoids the remixing effect and reduces the utility duties by about 18.1 % and the CO2 emissions by 15.2 %, compared to the TCS. The DWC effectively decreases the total annual cost by 3.4 % compared to that of the TCS and achieves a profitability index of 2.19 and an internal rate of return of 40.45 %. By Monte Carlo risk analysis, the DWC can increase the chance of earning the profit by up to 16 % compared to the TCS.

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