Description
Distillation: Equipment and Processes—winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics from the Association of American Publishers—is a single source of authoritative information on all aspects of the theory and practice of modern distillation, suitable for advanced students and professionals working in a laboratory, industrial plants, or a managerial capacity. It addresses the most important and current research on industrial distillation, including all steps in process design (feasibility study, modeling, and experimental validation), together with operation and control aspects. This volume features an extra focus on distillation equipment and processes.
- Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics from the Association of American Publishers
- Practical information on the newest development written by recognized experts
- Coverage of a huge range of laboratory and industrial distillation approaches
- Extensive references for each chapter facilitates further study
Chapter
Abbreviations of chemical compounds
Chapter 1 - Types of Distillation Column Internals
1.2 Performance characteristics of vapor–liquid contactors
1.3 Criteria for selection of vapor–liquid contactors
1.4 Closing remarks and outlook
Chapter 2 - Distillation Trays
2.2 Tray layouts in columns
2.3 Comparison with packings
2.4 Single-pass crossflow trays
2.6 Multipass crossflow trays
2.8 Liquid and vapor phases
2.11 Deck biphase regimes
2.14 Overall tray performance and efficiency
2.15 Other hydraulic considerations
2.16 Column and tray design
2.18 Crossflow tray variations
2.20 Augmented crossflow trays
2.22 Co-current flow trays
2.24 Column feeds and draws
2.25 Mechanical considerations
2.27 Safety considerations
Chapter 3 - Random Packings
3.2 Development of packed columns and their significance in distillation and absorption technology
3.3 Fluid dynamic performance of randomly packed columns
3.4 Mass transfer of random packed columns
3.5 Maldistribution in random packings
3.6 Computer programs for packed column design
3.7 Evaluation of model parameters for random packings
3.8 Summary and conclusions
Chapter 4 - Structured Packings
4.2 Structured packing types
4.3 Hydraulic performance
4.7 Applications of structured packings
Chapter 5 - Dividing-Wall Columns
5.2 Performance characteristics and concerns
5.3 Fields of application
5.5 Thermally coupled distillation columns
5.6 Column internals and construction
5.8 Simulation and design of DWCs
5.9 Conclusions and outlook
Chapter 6 - Extractive Distillation
6.2 Extractive distillation in academia and industry
6.3 Entrainer selection for extractive distillation
6.4 Process synthesis and design
6.5 minT azeotrope separation case studies
6.6 maxT azeotrope separation with light or heavy entrainer
6.7 Low-relative-volatility mixture separation
6.8 Heterogeneous extractive distillation
Chapter 7 - Azeotropic Distillation
7.3 Separation example: ethanol–water with toluene
Chapter 8 - Reactive Distillation
8.3 Process synthesis and design
8.6 Industrial applications
8.7 Batch reactive distillation
8.8 New application trends
Chapter 9 - Vacuum and High-Pressure Distillation
9.2 Operating pressure ranges and selection criteria
9.4 Column performance considerations
9.5 Equipment design considerations
9.6 Concluding remarks and outlook
Chapter 10 - Laboratory Distillation and Scale-up
10.1 Introduction: the scale-up problem
10.2 Process scale-up and equipment scale-up
10.3 Process scale-up: experimental aspects
10.4 Methods to get data for process scale-up
10.6 Discussion and outlook
Distillation: Equipment and Processes
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