Distillation Theory and its Application to Optimal Design of Separation Units (Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 10/18/2004
EAN 9780521820929, ISBN10: 0521820928
Hardcover, 362 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in 2004, Distillation Theory and Its Application to Optimal Design of Separation Units presents a clear, multidimensional geometric representation of distillation theory that is valid for all distillation column types, splits, and mixtures. This representation answers such fundamental questions as: what are the feasible separation products for a given mixture? What minimum power is required to separate a given mixture? What minimum number of trays is necessary to separate a given mixture at a fixed power input? This book is intended for students and specialists in the design and operation of separation units in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, wood, petrochemical, oil-refining, and natural gas industries and for software designers.
1. Phase equilibrium and its geometrical presentation
2. Basic concepts of distillation
3. Trajectories of distillation in infinite columns under infinite reflux
4. Trajectories of thermodynamically reversible distillation
5. Distillation trajectories and conditions of mixtures separability in simple infinite columns at finite reflux
6. Distillation trajectories in infinite complex columns and complexes
7. Trajectories of the finite columns and their design calculation
8. Synthesis of separation flowsheets.