Implementación de un sistema de enfriamiento para la torre de destilación del laboratorio de procesos industriales, Escuela de Ingeniería Química de la Facultad de Ciencias.

Abstract

The objective was to implement a cooling system for distillation tower of the industrial process laboratory, Science Collage, Chemical Engineering Major of Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo, began with a global analysis of the distillation tower. The current operation and equipment conditions were recognized, and it was generally assumed that the problems of the tower were caused by poor cooling the enrichment zone. Based on the experimental methods, two designs were proposed according to engineering calculations, choosing the one that meets the performance requirements, taking into account the proposed design, the second was a cooling system to add to the distillation tower in the recirculation process for the condensate, a demonstration of the proposed design was carried out. The results of the design were of a feed ratio of 5.9 Kg/h, the amount of heat removed from the distilled steam was 93. 84 Kg/h, thus achieving the final temperature of the distillate 286 K, according with this it was concluded that when the equipment was validated by the alcohol distillation operation, a maximum alcoholic strength of 95 °G was obtained, indicating an increase in the efficiency of the distillation equipment from 30 % to 66.98 %, verifying that the system of cooling obtained a heat removed of 41.28 watts in the distillation flow and 65.75 watts in the cooling equipment. It is recommended to automate their respective procedure for greater ease of use and verification of the process that it is carried out.