SEPARATION COLUMNS DISTILLATION, ABSORPTION, AND EXTRACTION

Multicomponent Distillation Shortcut Methods for Stage and Reflux Requirements 

Multicomponent Systems Rigorous Solution Procedures (Computer Methods) 

CHAPTER 11 SEPARATION COLUMNS (DISTILLATION, ABSORPTION, AND EXTRACTION) 

This chapter covers the design of separating columns. Though the emphasis is on distillation processes, the basic construction features and many of the design methods also apply to other multistage processes, such as stripping, absorption, and extraction. 

Distillation is probably the most widely used separation process in the chemical and allied industries, its applications ranging from the rectification of alcohol, which has been practiced since antiquity, to the fractionation of crude oil. 

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