The invention relates to the field of
heavy water production, and discloses an energy-saving rectification
heavy water separation process which comprises the following steps: (1) heating feed water, and carrying out primary rectification; (2) compressing steam at the top of the first-stage rectifying
tower, then supplying heat to a first
reboiler, performing heat exchange condensation on the compressed steam to form
tower top produced liquid for first-stage rectification, enabling one part of the
tower top produced liquid to flow back to the first-stage rectifying tower, and discharging the other part of the tower top produced liquid as first-stage rectification distillate; (3) a stripping section base solution of the first-stage rectifying tower flows into a first
reboiler, and a part of the stripping section base solution is boiled to form rising steam; the rest part enters a tower kettle and is extracted as
heavy water or used as feeding water for next-stage rectification; and (4) carrying out N-stage rectification and purification until the heavy water meets the purity requirement. According to the scheme, the boiling difference between water and heavy water is extremely small, tower top condensation heat is equivalent to a heat source required by a tower kettle, tower top steam is used for providing heat for the tower kettle,
latent heat of steam is fully utilized,
energy consumption is greatly reduced, and a large number of heat sources can be obtained with a small amount of
power consumption.