截至2024年，全球大氣中二氧化碳之年平均濃度高達423.9 ppm，為工業革命前之152 %，而與之相呼應的，2024全球年平均近地表溫度相較1850至1900年間之平均值則已提升1.55 ℃，為176年觀測史上之最高溫紀錄。鑒於全球氣候持續惡化，世界各國產官學機構皆致力於探究新型減碳技術，而在當今各類再生能源大行其道之趨勢下，電氣化成為了一極具潛力之減碳方案。對於身為排碳大戶之工業領域，電氣化相關技術可謂百家爭鳴，其中熱泵輔助蒸餾憑藉其高能源效率脫穎而出，然由於其架構上較傳統蒸餾更為複雜、設計門檻更高，當前研究多僅停留於個案設計層面，因此若有一套通用型架構與設計方法之問世，將有望降低門檻以進一步促進其應用。
本研究中，針對典型無側流之蒸餾系統，基於機械式蒸氣再壓縮型（MVR）熱泵輔助蒸餾架構之工作方式，發展並提出一套具通用性之設備設計架構與其控制設計策略，並於Aspen Plus及Dynamics V14中分別應用其於甲醇/水與丙烯/丙烷蒸餾之案例中，並搭配本研究所歸納之控制策略進行控制設計。隨後則令二者於動態環境下，分別接受大幅度之正、負向進料流量與輕成分組成步階擾動測試，以觀察二者之響應行為，並分析與評估各項動態指標及操控性。於甲醇/水之案例中，本架構除可取得較傳統架構更佳之操控性，總IAE之降幅均大於六成，最高者達93.3 %外，亦取得與同類型文獻設計相近，甚至更佳之操控性（總IAE）及設備設計合理性；於丙烯/丙烷之蒸餾中，本架構可完成擾動排除，但響應過程存在震盪現象，使得操控性上不如傳統架構，顯示本架構之使用仍需配合個案細部設計。藉由此二案例之驗證，一定程度上支持了本架構之通用性，並可望應用於熱泵輔助蒸餾新案設計或改裝（retrofit）上，大幅降低設計門檻並提升效率，促進HPAD之廣泛應用。

Heat pump-assisted distillation (HPAD) is a promising electrification option for reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions of distillation processes. However, the increased structural complexity introduced by heat integration poses additional challenges in process design. Meanwhile, most existing HPAD studies primarily rely on case-specific designs, requiring each new application to repeat the entire design procedure again and consequently limiting design efficiency. Therefore, this study develops a general design framework for typical no-side-draw distillation systems based on the mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) configuration of HPAD, together with its systematic control design strategy. The general applicability of the proposed framework was demonstrated and evaluated through two binary distillation cases with distinctly different operating conditions: methanol/water and propylene/propane. Both MVR and conventional configurations were subjected to step disturbances in feed flowrate and light-component composition to assess their dynamic performance. For the methanol/water case, the proposed MVR framework successfully rejected all disturbances and reduced the total IAE by more than 60 % with respect to the conventional configuration in all tests, with a maximum reduction of 93.3%. For the propylene/propane case, although all disturbances were rejected as well, oscillatory responses were observed, resulting in poorer controllability compared to the conventional configuration. This finding indicates that detailed control design and controller tuning must still be adapted to individual processes. Overall, the results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed MVR framework under a broad range of common industrial operating conditions, providing a potential approach to reduce technical barriers in HPAD design, improve design efficiency, and promote wider adoption of HPAD technologies.

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