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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:bold>Economic applications of heat pumps and of multi‐column heat integrated systems in distillation processes</jats:bold>. The influence of relevant parameters (e.g. relative volatility, flow rate, pressure) on the economics of distillation plants involving heat pumps and heat integrated columns is simulated by a computer program. The different structures of possible energy supply (cogeneration heat‐power plant, direct heating) have been taken into account in the models employed. The areas of economic application of the various energy conserving systems are shown in diagrams. These allow a preliminary selection of the most economic variant. The application of heat pumps outside the field of cryogenic engineering is restricted to some special cases like the separation of closeboiling mixtures. In those cases, where a minimum plant size and steam price is exceeded heat integrated columns promise an economic advantage, provided that cheaper configurations of direct heat recovery are impossible.</jats:p>