A new flash drum (FD) integrated crude distillation column (CDU) design has been conceptualized. Benefits of this new design have been illustrated using the techno-economics of a case study on existing FD integrated CDU designs. It is observed that new design increases the significant atmospheric distillation column (ADC) distillate yield in comparison to existing FD integrated and conventional CDU design. New Method also reduces the noticeable overall energy consumption compared to conventional design. There is a total profit of more than Rs. 14 crore due to increase in distillate yield and energy saving compared to existing CDU design for a small refinery of 3 MMTPA crude unit capacity. This profit will increase with the size of CDU. The implementation of the new method shall also facilitate the lower carbon footprint of CDU in proportion to energy savings.

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提高原油蒸馏装置馏分收率和能源效率的新原油加工方法

一种新的闪蒸罐（FD）集成的原油蒸馏塔（CDU）设计已经概念化。通过对现有FD集成CDU设计进行案例研究的技术经济学，说明了这种新设计的好处。可以观察到，与现有的FD集成设计和常规CDU设计相比，新设计可提高常压蒸馏塔（ADC）的馏出油产率。与传统设计相比，新方法还降低了显着的总体能耗。总利润超过卢比。与现有的CDU设计相比，对于3 MMTPA原油单位容量的小型炼油厂，馏出物产率和能源节省带来了1.4亿的收益。该利润将随着CDU的规模而增加。