This project focuses on the design of a bubble cap distillation column for a binary mixture of benzene and toluene. The objective is to determine the column design parameters based on given input ...

1 Applied Physics Department, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. 2 Chemical Engineering Department, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), ...

The hydrodynamics of distillation trays and columns is a critical area of research in chemical engineering, underpinning the efficient separation of chemical mixtures. This field explores the ...

A well-planned and executed test run of existing equipment followed by a distillation fundamentals review can yield cost-effective production increases. On an existing extractive distillation ...

Distillation is one of the most extensively used operations in the chemical process industries (CPI). It is a highly energy-intensive unit operation, and continuously rising energy costs make it ...

A distillation tray is used to mix vapors and liquids together. The better the mixing, the more efficiently the tray works. Tray efficiency also depends on two other factors: how well the droplets of ...

This project focuses on the performance analysis of a simulated distillation column using MATLAB. A sensor dataset containing 961 time steps and 19 process variables was analyzed to understand the ...

ABSTRACT: This paper delves into the comparative study of tray and packed column pressure swing distillation systems, focusing on the separation of a ternary mixture containing ethanol, ...

In industial distillation processes, flooding is an abnormal, but relatively common, process condition in which liquid accumulates in the column. The accumulation may be caused by excessive upward ...