Model Continuous Distillation Equipment in the Industry as well as Flash & Batch Separation Processes in Binary Systems
Introduction:
What you’ll learn
- Understand the Principles behind Binary Distillation.
- Design & Operate Flashing, and Flash Drums via Flash Distillation of Binary Mixtures.
- Understand and apply the principles and methods for simple distillation of binary mixtures.
- Understand Continuous Distillation Equipment.
- Model Distillations of Binary Systems.
- Apply McCabe-Thiele Method for Continuous Distillation Column Design (Number of Stages).
- Simulate several process, specially continuous and batch distillation of binary mixtures.
- Get to know the “Recycle Ratio”, “Reboiler Duty”, “Feed Stage” etc….
- Model Stripping and Enriching Sections of a Distillation Column.
Course Content
- Welcome! –> 3 lectures • 14min.
- Review of Mass Transfer & Transport Phenomena –> 9 lectures • 42min.
- Binary Distillation Overview –> 60 lectures • 2hr 40min.
- Software Simulation –> 4 lectures • 34min.
- Bonus –> 1 lecture • 1min.
Requirements
Introduction:
Binary Distillation is one of the most important Mass Transfer Operations used extensively in the Chemical industry.
Understanding the concept behind Gas-Gas, Liquid-Liquid and the Gas-Liquid mass transfer interaction will allow you to understand and model Distillation Columns, Flashes, Batch Distillator, Tray Columns and Packed column, etc…
We will cover:
- REVIEW: Of Mass Transfer Basics (Equilibrium VLE Diagrams, Volatility, Raoult’s Law, Azeotropes, etc..)
- Distillation Theory
- Application of Distillation in the Industry
- Counter-Current Operation
- Several equipment to Carry Gas-Liquid Operations
- Bubble, Spray, Packed and Tray Column equipment
- Flash Distillation & Flash Drums Design
- Design & Operation of Tray Columns
- Number of Ideal Stages: McCabe Thiele Method & Ponchon Savarit Method
- Recycle
- Condenser types: partial, total
- Pressure drop due to trays
- Design & Operation of Packed Columns
- Pressure drop due to trays
- Efficiency of Stages & Murphree’s Efficency
- Batch Distillation, the Raleigh Equation
- Software Simulation for Absorption/Stripping Operations (ASPEN PLUS/HYSYS)
Solved-Problem Approach:
All theory is backed with exercises, solved problems, and proposed problems for homework/individual study.
At the end of the course:
You will be able to understand mass transfer mechanism and processes behind Binary Distillation in Flash, Continuous & Batch Processes. You will be able to continue with a Multi-Component Distillation, Reactive Distillation and Azeotropic Distillation as well as more Mass Transfer Unit Operation Courses and/or Separation Processes Course.
About your instructor:
I majored in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Industrial Engineering back in 2012.
I worked as a Process Design/Operation Engineer in INEOS Koln, mostly on the petrochemical area relating to naphtha treating. There I designed and modeled several processes relating separation of isopentane/pentane mixtures, catalytic reactors and separation processes such as distillation columns, flash separation devices and transportation of tank-trucks of product.