Distillation operation [electronic resource] / Henry Z. Kister.
"There are many books that discuss distillation, but there is only one that concentrates on giving readers practical guidelines for operation, troubleshooting and control. Distillation Operation is that book. Its contents revolves around over 300 actual case histories of distillation problems....
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill,
[2013]
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| Series: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Table of Contents:
- Distillation troubleshooting
- Reflux and intermediate feed inlets for tray columns
- Reflux and intermediate feed distribution and liquid redistribution in packed towers
- Bottom section and column outlets
- Gravity lines and instrument and access connections
- Tray and downcomer layout
- Mechanical requirements for trays
- Internals unique to packed towers
- Distillation overpressure relief
- Column assembly and preparation for commissioning
- Column commissioning
- Column startup and shutdown
- Operation difficulties
- Column field testing: flooding, foaming, efficiency
- Reboiler and condenser operation and troubleshooting
- Basic distillation control philosophy
- Reboiler, condenser, and pressure controls
- Temperature and composition control
- Miscellaneous column controls
- Columns that did not work: case histories.