AN INTERNALLY HEAT-INTEGRATED DISTILLATION COLUMN (HIDiC) IN JAPAN

Koichi Iwakabe, Masaru Nakaiwa , Kejin Huang, Keigo Matsuda, Toshinari Nakanishi, Takao Ohmori, Akira Endo, Takuji Yamamoto Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan Energy-Efficient Chemical Systems Group, Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan; Tel: þ81-29-861-4661, Fax: þ81-29-861-4660, E-mail: nakaiwa-m@aist.go.jp RD 2-1-2, Kuiseterajima Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo 660-8567, Japan