Distillation: Fundamentals and Principles

Distillation: Fundamentals and Principles — winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics — is a single source of authoritative information on all aspects of the theory and practice of modern distillation, suitable for advanced students and professionals working in a laboratory, industrial plants, or a managerial capacity. It addresses the most important and current research on industrial distillation, including all steps in process design (feasibility study, modeling, and experimental validation), together with operation and control aspects. This volume features an extra focus on the conceptual design of distillation.

Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics from the Association of American PublishersPractical information on the newest development written by recognized expertsCoverage of a huge range of laboratory and industrial distillation approachesExtensive references for each chapter facilitates further study

1. History of Distillation 2. Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium and Physical Properties for Distillation 3. Mass Transfer in Distillation 4. Principles of Binary Distillation 5. Design and Operation of Batch Distillation 6. Energy Considerations in Distillation 7. Conceptual Design of Zeotropic Distillation Processes 8. Conceptual Design of Azeotropic Distillation Processes 9. Conceptual Design of Hybrid Distillation Processes 10. Modelling of Distillation Processes 11. Optimisation of Distillation Processes