Distillation Design

Distillation Design is a book which provides complete coverage of the design of industrial chemical engineering textbook since it was first published in February of 1992.

The subjects covered in the book include:

• relative volatilities, ideal and non-ideal systems, phase diagrams, calculating bubble points and dewpoints
• Key theoretical stages, x-y diagrams, multicomponent distillation, column composition and temperature profiles
• reflux and minimum stages, optimum reflux, short-cut methods, feed entry location
• Rigorous calculation methods: Bubble point method, sum rates method, numerical methods (Newton-Raphson technique), inside out method, relaxation method, other methods
• Batch distillation: Simple distillation, constant reflux, varying reflux, time and boilup requirments
• Tray design and tray efficiency: tray types, tray capacities, tray hydraulic parameters, tray sizing and determination of column diameter, point and tray efficiencies, tray efficiency prediction and scaleup
• Packing design and packing efficiency: packing types, packing hydraulics and capacities, determination of packing efficiency by transfer unit method and by packed column sizing