This invention discloses an energy-saving five-
tower methanol distillation method based on multi-effect
thermal coupling. Crude
methanol is fed to a pre-
tower for
distillation; the bottom product of the pre-
tower is fed to an atmospheric
distillation tower, the bottom product of the atmospheric distillation tower is fed to a negative pressure distillation tower, and the bottom product of the negative pressure distillation tower is fed to a pressurized distillation tower; the bottom product of the pressurized distillation tower is fed to a secondary pressure distillation tower; refined
methanol is collected from the tops of the pressurized distillation tower, the atmospheric distillation tower, the negative pressure distillation tower, and the secondary pressure distillation tower; the top product of the pressurized distillation tower heats the
reboiler of the secondary pressure distillation tower, and the top product of the secondary pressure distillation tower heats both the reboilers of the pre-tower and the atmospheric distillation tower; the top products of the pre-tower and the atmospheric distillation tower heat the
reboiler of the negative pressure distillation tower. This process improves the heat
recovery efficiency within the
system, significantly reduces the condensation load of the top vapor, lowers the overall
energy consumption of the distillation process, and achieves efficient multi-stage heat
recovery and utilization within the
system, reducing the
ethanol content in the refined methanol product and improving methanol
recovery efficiency.