In the first paper of this series, an internal heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC) configuration is proposed first time for batch processing that shows a substantial improvement in cutting the energy consumption, CO₂ emission and cost. Aiming to further boost the potential of this general batch HIDiC rectifier, the heat pump assisted vapor recompression (VRC) mechanism is introduced in it to enhance the use of internal heat source. Proposing a variable manipulation policy, an operating methodology is figured out to run the hybrid batch HIDiC-VRC configuration at transient states. Finally, the batch processing of a ternary hydrocarbon system is used to demonstrate the thermally integrated hybrid configuration, showing its superiority in reducing the degree of irreversibility over the general HIDiC with reference to a conventional standalone structure.

在本系列的第一篇论文中，首次提出了用于批处理的内热集成蒸馏塔 (HIDiC) 配置，该配置显示在降低能耗、CO ₂方面有显着改进排放量和成本。为了进一步提升这种通用批量HIDiC整流器的潜力，在其中引入了热泵辅助蒸汽再压缩（VRC）机制，以增强内部热源的利用。提出了一个变量操作策略，找到了一种操作方法来在瞬态运行混合批处理 HIDiC-VRC 配置。最后，使用三元烃系统的批处理来证明热集成混合配置，参考传统的独立结构，显示其在降低不可逆程度方面优于一般的 HIDiC。