Distillation Design provides complete coverage of the design of industrial distillation columns for the petroleum refining, chemical and petrochemical plants, natural gas processing, pharmaceutical, food and alcohol distilling industries. It has been a classical chemical engineering textbook since it was first published in February of 1992. Laboratory distillation set-up using a Liebig condenser, without a fractionating column. ... View of Shell Oil Refinery in Martinez, California. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... A petrochemical is any chemical derived from fossil fuels. ... Many stoves use natural gas. ... Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (in particular chemistry and physics) and mathematics to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. ...

The subjects covered in the book include:

• Vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE): K-values, relative volatilities, ideal and non-ideal systems, phase diagrams, calculating bubble points and dewpoints
• Key fractional distillation concepts: theoretical stages, x- diagrams, multicomponent distillation, column composition and temperature profiles
• Process design and optimization: minimum 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 HETP method, packed column sizing

Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions, such as in separating chemical compounds by their boiling point by heating them to a temperature at which several fractions of the compound will evaporate. ... Diagram of typical reflux apparatus. ... Batch distillation refers to the use of distillation, the separation of components in a system by volatilities, in batches. ...

See also

• Category:Distillation
• Chemical engineer
• Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
• Transport Phenomena
• Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering
• Batch Distillation
• Residue Curve

Chemical engineering is the application of science, mathematics and economics to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. ... Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook was first published in 1934 and the seventh edition was published in 1997. ... In physics and engineering, transport phenomena are the various mechanisms by which things or quantities can move from one place to another. ... Batch distillation refers to the use of distillation, the separation of components in a system by volatilities, in batches. ...

External links

• McGraw Hill website page