Bubble-Tray Design Manual

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Bubble Tray Design Manual, Prediction of Fractionation Efficiency, Amer. Inst. Chem. Engrs. (1958). 

AIChE, Bubble tray design manual, Prediction of fractionation efficiency, AIChE, New-York (1958). 

Theoretical Efficiency Prediction Theoretical tray efficiency prediction is based on the two-film theory and the sequence of steps in Fig. 14-41. Almost all methods evolved from the AIChE model (AIChE Research Committee, Bubble Tray Design Manual, New York, 1958). This model was developed over 5 years in the late 1950s in three universities. Since then, several aspects of the AIChE model have been criticized, corrected, and modified. Reviews are given by Lockett (Distillation Tray Fundamentals, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1986) and Chan and Fair [Ind. Eng. Chem. Proc. 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Bubble-Tray Design Manual, ... 

An alternative approach is presented in the AIChE Bubble-Tray Design Manual and is based on an eddy-diffusion model. According to this model,... 

AIChE. (1958) Bubble-tray Design Manual (American Institute of Chemical Engineers). Alieva, R. Q. (1962) Chem Eng, NY, 69 (August 6) 111. Improving McCabe-Thiele diagrams. Amundson, N. R. and Pontinen, A. J. (1958) Ind Eng Chem. 50, 730. Multicomponent distillation calculations on a large digital computer. 

The AIChE Bubble Tray Design Manual (AIChE, 1958 Gerster et al., 1958) presented the first comprehensive estimation procedure for numbers of transfer units. For many years this remained the only such procedure available in the open literature the work of organizations like Fractionation Research Incorporated (FRI) was available only to member companies. However, during the last 15 years or so there has been a revival of distillation research and other comprehensive estimation procedures have been published (e.g., Zuiderweg, 1982 Chan and Fair, 1984a). We summarize these methods below. The text by Lockett (1986) provides an excellent summary of what is available in the open literature on distillation tray design for those interested in further study. 

Numerous attempts have been made to develop useful correlations for predicting fire efficiency of tray towers. The most comprehensive study was carried out under sponsorship of the American Insthute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and resulted in the publication of the AlChE bubble tray design manual. The AIChE prediction method, which is aimed primarily at bubble-cap trays, involves first estimating the number of gas-phase and liquid-phase transfer units, Nc and N, for the specific conditions on the tray, combining these to obtain the number of overall gas transfer units Nqc, and predicting the point efficiency by the relationship... 

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