Book description
Researchers share their pioneering graphical method for designing
almost any distillation structure
Developed by the authors in collaboration with other researchers at
the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis, column profile maps
(CPMs) enable chemical engineers to design almost any distillation
structure using novel graphical techniques. The CPM method offers
tremendous advantages over other design methods because it is
generalized and not constrained to a particular piece of equipment.
Understanding Distillation Using Column Profile Maps enables
readers to understand, analyze, and design distillation structures to
solve common distillation problems, including distillation by simple
columns, side rectifiers and strippers, multiple feed columns, and
fully thermally coupled columns. In addition, the book presents
advanced topics such as reactive distillation, membrane permeation,
and validation of thermodynamic models. For all these processes, the
authors set forth easy-to-follow design techniques, solution
strategies, and insights gained using CPMs.
This book offers everything needed to fully understand and use CPMs
as a design tool:
- Figures help readers understand how to use CPMs as design and
optimization tools
- Examples clearly illustrate how to solve specific problems using CPMs
- Tutorials allow readers to explore key concepts through experimentation
- Design and Optimization of Distillation Systems software package,
developed for this book, enables readers to reproduce the examples
in the book, follow the tutorials, and begin designing their own
distillation systems
With its many examples and step-by-step tutorials, Understanding
Distillation Using Column Profile Maps is recommended for
students in chemical engineering in advanced undergraduate and
graduate courses. The book also provides new practical techniques that
can be immediately applied by chemical engineering professionals in industry.
DANIEL BENEKE, PhD, is a Process Engineering Consultant for the
Centre of Material and Process Synthesis at the University of the
Witwatersrand, where he works on process design for liquid fuel
processes and separations research.
MARK PETERS, PhD, is a Separations Consultant and Research
Engineer for the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis at the
University of the Witwatersrand. He is actively involved in
separations research as well as innovative waste-to-energy processes.
DAVID GLASSER, PhD, is Professor of Chemical Engineering and
Director of the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis at the
University of the Witwatersrand.
DIANE HILDEBRANDT, PhD, is the SARChI Professor of Sustainable
Process Engineering and a Co-Director of the Centre of Material and
Process Synthesis at the University of the Witwatersrand.
