{"id":2558,"date":"2026-06-25T18:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vogelbusch-biocommodities.com\/process-units\/distillation-rectification\/thermal-integration\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:56:35","slug":"thermal-integration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vogelbusch-biocommodities.com\/en\/process-units\/distillation-rectification\/thermal-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermal Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thermally integrated designs<\/h2>\n<p>Heat recovery from thermal processes and reuse of secondary energy within and across process units allow a more effective use of primary energy. Besides resource conservation, successful solutions consider the investment costs and the available infrastructure too.<\/p>\n<p>Process optimization of this sort cuts operating costs and improves the greenhouse gas performance of the plant.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vb-block my-10 mx-[calc(50%_-_50vw)]\">\n    <div class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4\">\n      <div class=\"rounded bg-vb-light p-6 lg:p-10\">\n        \n                  <div class=\"sm:columns-2 lg:columns-3\">\n                                        \n              <div class=\"break-inside-avoid pb-6\">\n              <div class=\"reveal reveal-repeat reveal-multicol overflow-hidden rounded bg-white shadow-sm\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vogelbusch-biocommodities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/VBC-Distillation-Thermal-Integration-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full\">\n                                <div class=\"p-6\">\n                                                      <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                    <p><strong>Integrated distillation \/ dehydration \/ evaporation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vogelbusch ethanol plants achieve exceptional energy efficiency with proprietary systems such as MultiPressure distillation coupled with direct feed to the molecular sieves for dehydration, and a multi-effect evaporation, driven by waste heat.<\/p>\n<p>The evaporator can run on waste heat from distillation or DDGS dryer, while the condensation from the dehydrated alcohol vapor in a molecular sieve can provide the heat for mash preheating. With thermal integration of rectification and dehydration, using latent heat of feed vapors, there is virtually no steam demand for the dehydration unit (illustration).<\/p>\n<p>Further reduction of energy consumption is obtained by returning still wash, condensates and lutter water to the process so as to reuse heat and water.<\/p>\n\n                                      <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                                        \n              <div class=\"break-inside-avoid pb-6\">\n              <div class=\"reveal reveal-repeat reveal-multicol overflow-hidden rounded bg-white shadow-sm\">\n                                <div class=\"p-6\">\n                                                      <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                    <p><strong>Specialized custom solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vogelbusch takes a variety of approaches to thermal integration. Configurations of our proprietary systems are selected in each particular case, according to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The properties of the raw materials used,<\/li>\n<li>The planned investment costs and<\/li>\n<li>Local energy costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                                      <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                                        \n              <div class=\"break-inside-avoid pb-6\">\n              <div class=\"reveal reveal-repeat reveal-multicol overflow-hidden rounded bg-white shadow-sm\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vogelbusch-biocommodities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-thermal-integration.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"w-full\">\n                                <div class=\"p-6\">\n                                                      <div class=\"entry-content\">\n                    <p><strong>Saving energy in ethanol production<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our advanced techniques save energy throughout the process plant.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogelbusch-biocommodities.com\/en\/process-units\/distillation-rectification\/multipressure-distillation\/\" data-vb-link=\"internal\"><strong>MultiPressure distillation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogelbusch-biocommodities.com\/en\/process-units\/evaporation\/energy-concepts\/\" data-vb-link=\"internal\"><strong>Energy concepts in evaporation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n                                      <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thermally integrated designs Heat recovery from thermal processes and reuse of secondary energy within and across process units allow a more effective use of primary energy. Besides resource conservation, successful solutions consider the investment costs and the available infrastructure too. 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