Vacuum distillation efficiency

Exp. 4) with cooling to about -20°C. The addition was carried out in about 10 min. Ten minutes later the solution was cooled to -60°C and a mixture of 0.20 mol of dimethyl disulfide and 50 ml of diethyl ether was added in 15 min with efficient cooling, so that the temperature could be kept below -40°C. Five minutes after the addition the mixture was poured into ice-water and three extractions with diethyl ether were carried out. The combined solutions were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in a water-pump vacuum. Distillation of... 

Fused-salt electrolysis of K2NbFy is not an economically feasible process because of the low current efficiency (31). However, electrowinning has been used to obtain niobium from molten alkaU haUde electrolytes (32). The oxide is dissolved in molten alkaU haUde and is deposited in a molten metal cathode, either cadmium or zinc. The reaction is carried out in a ceramic or glass container using a carbon anode the niobium alloys with the cathode metal, from which it is freed by vacuum distillation, and the niobium powder is left behind. 

Environmental aspects, as well as the requirement of efficient mixing in the mixed acid process, have led to the development of single-phase nitrations. These can be divided into Hquid- and vapor-phase nitrations. One Hquid-phase technique involves the use of > 98% by weight nitric acid, with temperatures of 20—60°C and atmospheric pressure (21). The molar ratios of nitric acid benzene are 2 1 to 4 1. After the reaction is complete, excess nitric acid is vacuum distilled and recycled. An analogous process is used to simultaneously produce a nitrobenzene and dinitrotoluene mixture (22). A conversion of 100% is obtained without the formation of nitrophenols or nitrocresols. The nitrobenzene and dinitrotoluene are separated by distillation. 

When just a trace of dark impurity is present, as in some of the commercial preparations, a completely pure product is easily obtained by vacuum distillation, but the ordinary crude reaction product is likely to decompose when treated in this manner. The ether method introduced in the present procedure has the advantage of being simple and efficient. It is equally applicable to the purification of the homologues of a-naphthoquinone. 

One of the most important operations in a refinery is the initial distillation of the crude oil into its various boiling point fractions. Distillation involves the heating, vaporization, fractionation, condensation, and cooling of feedstocks. This subsection discusses the atmospheric and vacuum distillation processes which when used in sequence result in lower costs and higher efficiencies. This subsection also discusses the important first step of desalting the crude oil prior to distillation. 

Efficiencies will be lower for vacuum distillations, as low weir heights are used to keep the pressure drop small (see Section 11.10.4). 

The main disadvantages of Evans auxiliaries 22 and 23 are that they are expensive to purchase and inconvenient to prepare, as the preparation involves the reduction of (5 )-valine 24 to water-soluble (b )-valinol, which cannot be readily extracted to the organic phase. The isolation of this water-soluble vali-nol is difficult and requires a high vacuum distillation, which is not always practical, especially on an industrial scale. Therefore, an efficient synthesis of Evans chiral auxiliary 25 has been developed, as depicted in Scheme 2-1930 ... 

It is very common to combine methods in obtaining aroma isolates. The simultaneous distillation/extraction method previously described is an example. Another popular combination method initially involves the solvent extraction of volatiles from a food and then high-vacuum distillation of the solvent/aroma extract to provide a fat-free aroma isolate. This technique is broadly used today to provide high-quality aroma extracts for numerous purposes. The apparatus used in solvent removal has been improved upon to reduce analysis time and efficiency the modified method is termed solvent-assisted flavour extraction (SAFE) [16]. 

The development of modern fractionating equipment, in which a minimum pressure drop exists across the bubble trays, brought about a further improvement in the efficiency of the separation of oils from the asphaltic materials. Modern vacuum distillation is widely used at the present time for the production of oils of low asphaltic material content. 

When trays similar to those used in the atmospheric column are used in vacuum distillation, the column diameter may be extremely high, up to 45 ft. To maintain low pressure drops across the trays, the liquid seal must be minimal. The low holdup and the relatively high viscosity of the liquid limits the tray efficiency, which tends to be much lower than in the atmospheric column. The vacuum is maintained in the column by removing the noncondensable gas that enters the column by way of the feed to the column or by leakage of air. 

Distillation is a veiy common method for purifying liquids. Atmospheric distillation (general distillation), vacuum distillation, and steam distillation are the three common methods of distillation. Atmospheric distillation takes place at atmospheric pressure, which means the distillation apparatus is open to the air. Vacuum distillation utilizes reduced pressure to distill a liquid at lower temperature. Vacuum distillation is commonly used to distill liquids, which tend to decompose at their atmospheric boiling points. Vacuum distillation is also used to conveniently distill liquids with relatively high boiling points at a much more efficient temperature. Steam distillation is similar to atmospheric distillation, but steam is used to promote volatility. Steam distillation only works on liquids or solids, which are volatile with steam. 

Packings often exhibit desirable efficiency-pressure-drop characteristics for critical vacuum distillations. 

Based on animal studies, A-nitrosamines are compounds with proven carcinogenic effect. The search for sources and reduction of human exposure to their action is now one of the most important research problems. Currently, a major problem is the presence of A-nitrosamines and their precursors in food. Determination of A-nitrosamines in food relies on isolating these compounds by vacuum distillation in a basic medium, in the presence of liquid paraffin, followed by extraction with dichloromethane, pre-concentration of the sample, and analysis using GC. A thermal energy analyzer coupled to a gas chromatograph can serve as an efficient detector for these compounds. 

A mixture of 37 g. (0.25 mole) of dry dihydroxymaleic acid (p. 121) and 92 ml. of pyridine is agitated and warmed to 50-55°. If complete solution does not take place, the mixture is filtered. The clear filtrate is placed in an apparatus for vacuum distillation using an efficient water pump, and the distillation vessel is placed in a bath at 30-35°. The distillation temperature, initially at 22°, rises to 25-27° as the pyridine is removed, and the bath temperature is raised to complete removal of the pyridine. The bath temperature is then raised to 150°, and the syrupy distillate which comes over is freed of pyridine by being allowed to stand in a vacuum desiccator over concentrated sulfuric acid. The compound crystallizes on seeding and standing overnight, and the solid is triturated with a small amount of acetone and filtered. The yield of glycolic aldehyde is 9 g., or 75%. 

Structured packings have replaced trays and random packings as their cost has decreased and more is known of their performance behavior. Initially thought to be appropriate only for high vacuum distillations, they are now used for absorbers, strippers, and pressure distillations. Because of their open structure (over 90% voids) and large specific surface areas, their mass transfer efficiency is high when proper distribution of liquid and gas over the cross section can be maintained. Table 13.15 shows a comparison of features of several commercial makes of structured packings. 

Entrainment Corrections. Above about 80% of flood, the recirculation of liquid as entrainment between trays undermines the countercurrent action of the tray column, and efficiency therefore suffers. This is a particular problem in vacuum distillation where it may be optimum to allow a certain amount of liquid entrainment in initial design. Figure 13.41 shows an approximate method for entrainment correction to column efficiency or Murphree efficiency. The abscissa scale is the same parameter used for flooding prediction (Figure 13.32(b)). The ordinate value is used to correct from a dry to a wet efficiency (with entrainment) ... 

The tube is allowed to warm to room temperature. The mixture liquefies and the pressure decreases, probably because of the formation of HBr addition compounds. After liquefaction it is safe to heat the tube in an oil bath to 100°. As reaction proceeds a second liquid layer of dimethylamine hydrobromide forms and reaction is complete within 36 hours. The tube is then cooled to -45° and attached to a vacuum line (10 torr) for 3 hours to remove excess HBr. Each of the bromo fluoro cyclotriphosphazenes can then be isolated by allowing the tube to warm to room temperature and distilling the products into a trap held at -196°. Alternatively, the products can be vacuum distilled using conventional apparatus, but recovery is more efficient by the former method. The yield of P3N3Br3F3 is 3.8 g (70%) and that of P3N3Br2F4 is 4.5 g (90%). 

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