Binary Distillation for Process & Chemical Engineering

🧪 Course Title: Binary Distillation for Process & Chemical Engineering

🚀 Headline: Model Continuous Distillation Equipment in the Industry as well as Flash & Batch Separation Processes in Binary Systems

🎉 Introduction: Dive into the fascinating world of Binary Distillation, a cornerstone of the Chemical industry! This course is designed to equip you with a deep understanding of the fundamental principles that govern mass transfer operations, particularly in Gas-Gas, Liquid-Liquid, and Gas-Liquid systems.

🎓 What You Will Learn:

• REVIEW: Mass Transfer Basics (Equilibrium VLE Diagrams, Volatility, Raoult's Law, Azeotropes, etc.)
• Distillation Theory and its practical applications in the industry
• Counter-Current Operation and its significance
• An array of equipment used for Gas-Liquid operations: Bubble, Spray, Packed, and Tray Columns
• Flash Distillation & Flash Drums Design for efficient separation processes
• The intricacies of Design & Operation of Tray Columns, including the McCabe Thiele Method and Ponchon Savarit Method
• Strategies for Number of Ideal Stages calculation in distillation columns
• Understanding Recycle streams within the process
• Types of Condensers and their partial or total roles
• The impact of trays on Pressure drop in distillation columns
• Efficiency considerations with Murphree's Efficiency
• Mastering Batch Distillation through the Raleigh Equation
• Utilizing software simulations like ASPEN PLUS/HYSYS for Absorption/Stripping Operations

📚 Solved-Problem Approach: Each theoretical concept is solidified with exercises, solved problems, and proposed problems, ensuring a comprehensive understanding and practical application of the course material.

✅ By the End of the Course: You will have a robust grasp of the mass transfer mechanisms underlying Flash, Continuous, and Batch Distillation processes. This knowledge sets the foundation for advanced study in Multi-Component Distillation, Reactive Distillation, Azeotropic Distillation, and further exploration into Mass Transfer Unit Operations and Separation Processes.

👩‍🏫 Your Instructor: As a seasoned Chemical Engineer with a specialization in Industrial Engineering (2012), your instructor brings a wealth of practical experience to the table. With extensive hands-on expertise in process design and operation at INEOS Koln, particularly within the petrochemical domain dealing with naphtha treating, isopentane/pentane mixture separation, catalytic reactor operations, and distillation column and flash separation device modeling, your instructor's real-world insights are invaluable.

Join us to transform theoretical knowledge into practical skills, enabling you to model and optimize distillation equipment within the industry with confidence! 🏭🔬