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NGL fractionation, four real cascaded columns

A demethanizer, deethanizer, depropanizer, and debutanizer recovering pipeline-spec sales gas plus ethane, propane, and butane products.

Four cascaded real MESH columnsDemethanizer through debutanizer, one connected trainAfter Luyben (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 10741)
Raw NGL feed
Demethanizer
Sales gas
Deethanizer
Ethane
Depropanizer
Propane
Debutanizer
Butane
Pentane-plus

The actual dark-mode canvas: a four-column cascade splitting wellhead-pressure raw natural gas into pipeline-spec sales gas plus ethane, propane, and butane products — the same P&ID symbols you edit in the app.

Four real columns, genuinely cascaded

Each column solves its own real MESH equations, and each one's bottoms is literally the next column's feed — a genuine multi-column train, not four independent split-fraction shortcuts dressed up as a fractionation cascade.

Ln1+Vn+1+Fn=Ln+Vn(real MESH, all four columns)L_{n-1} + V_{n+1} + F_n = L_n + V_n \quad \text{(real MESH, all four columns)}
αi,j=KiKj(relative volatility sets each column’s real separation difficulty)\alpha_{i,j} = \frac{K_i}{K_j} \quad \text{(relative volatility sets each column's real separation difficulty)}
Cascaded bottoms-to-feed: each column’s bottoms is the next column’s feed\text{Cascaded bottoms-to-feed: each column's bottoms is the next column's feed}

Unit ops shipped for this vertical

Distillation column

Wang-Henke MESH column solver — the same rigorous solve at any scale.

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Live plant integration

Stream each column's reflux ratio and product purity from your train's OPC-UA server into this flowsheet's twin comparison — deviations from the solved cut points are flagged automatically.

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Try it yourself

  • Four cascaded real MESH columns
  • Demethanizer through debutanizer, one connected train
  • After Luyben (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2013, 52, 10741)

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