Distillation: Intro & overview

0:00 Discontinuity at boundary!
0:17 Boiling point diagram
0:58 F, D, W, zF, xD, xW
1:47 Make mass balance
2:44 Equilibrium, design and MB!
3:36 Continuous distillation column
4:03 Physical trays
4:33 Our goal: McCabe-Thiele
6:18 What to know in detail


A short summary what the distillation part of the course is all about. At the end there is an overview of the different screencasts related to distillation

Links to distillation screencasts

Intro:
Intro & overview    • Distillation: Intro & overview  
Phase equilibria    • Distillation: Phase equilbria  
Interpreting T-x,y and H-x,y diagrams    • Distillation: Interpreting T-x,y & H-x,y d...  
Overall design choices    • Distillation: Overall design  

Continuous destillation (McCabe-Thiele):
MB and EB    • Distillation: Deriving McCabe-Thiele using...  
Exam question    • Distillation: Exam task (Ethanol)  
Flux units & tray efficiency    • Distillation: Flux units & tray efficiency  
Nmin, Rmin, CAPEX & OPEX    • Distillation: Rmin, Nmin, CAPEX and OPEX  
Changing operating conditions    • Distillation: McCabe-Thiele Matlab Demo  
Spot what’s wrong    • Distillation: Spot-What's Wrong  

Wider context:
Separation    • Why study separation?  
DoF analysis distillation    • DoF analysis for distillation  

Special:
Lab intro    • D4-Distillation: Equilibrium stages and la...  
mol% w%    • D5-Tidbit: Translating mol% to weight%