SorePs method

SorePs Method. Sorel (Ref. 17) developed and applied the mathematical theory of the rectifying column for binary mixtures. He calculated the enrichment, the change in. composition from plate to plate, by makin 3Sergy and material balances around each plate and assunie that equilibrium was attained between the vapor and liquid leaving the plate. He proceeded stepwise through the column T)y applying this rhethod successively from one plate to the next. 

The equations for SorePs method will be derived for the case illustrated in Fig. 7-1. The column is assumed to be operating continu-oudy on a binary mixture with the feed entering on a plate between the top and bottom. The column is provided with heat for reboiling by conduction such as steam coils in the kettle the case of the use of live or open steam will be considered later. A simple total condenser... 

Toulouse group [35], working with a different shape-consistent method, defined the SOREP as... 

Gathering the experience of the previously discussed examples, we can say that the theoretical study of spectroscopic properties of transition metal complexes is far from being simple. Relativistic pseudopotentials (AREP and SOREP) were shown to be efficient and accurate tools to tackle this problem. From the methodological point of view, recently developed effective Hamiltonian SOCI methods that can treat correlation and spin-orbit coupling on the same footing exist (see section 2.2.5), and efforts have to be invested in applying... 

In Chap. 9 the Lewis and Matheson procedure for SorePs plate-to-plate method was presented. Many other design methods have been proposed based on alternate methods of analysis or approximations. None of them illustrates the phenomena involved in multicomponent rectification so well as the Lewis and Matheson ihethod. A number of the methods require less effort to obtain certain design factors than the stepwise procedure and are useful in cases where similar systems are to be analyzed repeatedly. When a new type of problem is to be considered, the information obtained by the plate-to-plate method is well worth the effort involved. Actually a detailed analysis by methods of Chap. 9 does not usually require over a few hours, and the confidence in the result and the insight obtained of the operation justify the effort involved. 

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