Distillation: Operation and Applications (Handbooks in Separation Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123868769 ISBN 13: 9780123868763

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

Synopsis

Distillation: Operation and Applications―winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics from the Association of American Publishers―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 distillation applications.

• Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics from the Association of American Publishers
• Practical information on the newest development written by recognized experts
• Coverage of a huge range of laboratory and industrial distillation approaches
• Extensive references for each chapter facilitates further study

About this title

About the Authors

Professor Andrzej Górak is Chair of Fluid Separations at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany and Professor at the Technical University of Łódz, Poland. He received his PhD from the Institute of Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Łódz where he continued his work as a senior researcher. He then assumed the same position at Henkel KGaA in Düsseldorf. In 1992, Prof. Górak completed his postdoctoral “Habilitation” at RWTH Aachen and was appointed Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund. Between 1996 and 2000, he was Chair of Fluid Separations at Essen University, before returning to and taking over the Chair at the TU Dortmund.

Dr. Hartmut Schoenmakers studied physics and chemistry at the University Heidelberg, Germany. He joined BASF AG in 1976 where he worked as a process engineer in the field of fluid separations with a focus on hybrid and reactive processes, miniplant and scale up technology, and as project manager. Further interests have been process simulation and CAPE concepts. He has been a member of various national and international scientific associations. In 1987, he received the German Arnold-Eucken-Award.

From the Back Cover

This is one of three books in a collection covering all aspects of distillation. Distillation is the oldest technology available for the separation and purification of liquid mixtures and is a key unit operation within the petroleum refining, chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, and alcohol industries.

Distillation: Operation and Applications provides an overview on all operational aspects and describes application technologies. The first part describes control and operation principles of columns including coupled and heat integrated columns, explains troubleshooting analysis, and outlines performance testing techniques for industrial scale columns with all types of internals. The following parts describe in detail the different configurations of distillation sequences used in refineries including the choice of column internals, in big scale plants for bulk chemicals with respect to typical performance factors like foaming, wetting, or fouling. In addition, the book describes the special aspects of distillation in smaller scale plants for specialty chemicals that frequently need low pressure conditions and introduces the very special application of air distillation. A further focus is on novel techniques like HiGee equipment and micro distillation. The book presents new application fields for distillation in biotechnology, especially with respect to the different demands connected with red, green, and white biotechnology. The last part explains the application fields of new separating agents like ionic liquids and hyperbranched polymers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123868769
• ISBN 13: 9780123868763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: Gorak Andrzej, Schoenmakers Hartmut