Fractionator AIChE research

Kunesh, John G. and A Shariat, Packing Efficiency Testing on a Commercial Scale with Good Reflux Distribution, Fractionation Research, Inc., presented at AIChE Spring National Meeting, Houston, Texas, March (1993). 

Fractionation Research, Inc. Topical Report No. 18—Efficiency Comparisons AIChE Design Manual and FRl Experimental Fractionation Research, Inc. Alhambra, CA, May 29, 1959. 

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. 

AIChE Miami meeting, Nov. 1978 (film available from Fractionation Research, Inc.)... 

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