50 % Energy Saving for Refineries: First Use of Distillation Technology in Japan

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In this manner, there was room to improve the structure to boost energy-saving performance. Now, Toyo’s SuperHIDiC concept provides superior energy-saving performance by optimizing heat distribution inside the column with conventional stabbed-in type heat exchangers.

Toyo now has big plans for its revolutionary technology: The company plans to market the process via licenses with Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, as the engineering methodology has been developed jointly with Prof. Shinji Hasebe’s PSE Lab from the Kyoto University.

First Applications to Follow

The development has raised a lot of intention from the scientific community: In 2014, SuperHIDiC was awarded the Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Award of Excellence.

Now, with SuperHIDiC being ready for industrial use, the first applications follow: The premier use of this revolutionary technology will be at a methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) production plant to be constructed by Maruzen Petrochemical in Ichihara City, Chibaprovince. Maruzen expects to save approximetaly 50% of energy compared to conventional MEK distillation systems, the company stated.

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50 % Energy Saving for Refineries: First Use of Distillation Technology in Japan

First Applications to Follow