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Distillation of Ethane
A set of distillation columns are used to separate the ethane from the
other components in the natural gas.
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However, to determine the best combination of distillation, the following
heuristics were used.
HEURISTICS
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Most Plentiful First |
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Lightest First |
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High Recovery Separations Last |
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Difficult Separations Last |
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Favor Equimolar Splits |
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Cheapest Proceeding Separation |
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