Table Of Contents:

Introduction 1(20)

Motivation 1(2)

Separations in Chemical Processing 3(4)

Examples 7(10)

Structure of This Book 17(4)

Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium and Flash Separations 21(52)

Fundamentals 21(1)

Models and Data Sources 22(14)

Special Limiting Cases 36(7)

Pressure Effects 43(8)

Flash Separations 51(8)

Staging Flash Separations 59(2)

Exercises 61(12)

Binary Distillation 73(42)

Introduction 73(4)

Basic Model 77(7)

Geometry 84(4)

Analysis 88(4)

Distillation Sequencing Example 92(2)

Nonideal Mixtures 94(8)

Complex Column Configurations 102(1)

Exercises 103(12)

Distillation of Multicomponent Mixtures without Azeotropes 115(68)

Basic Relationships 115(2)

Composition Profiles and Pinches 117(9)

Analytical Results for Constant Volatility and Constant Molar Flows 126(12)

General Approach for Nonideal Ternary Mixtures 138(21)

Nonideal Mixtures with Four or More Components 159(7)

Tangent Pinches 166(8)

Exercises 174(9)

Homogeneous Azeotropic Distillation 183(74)

Azeotropy 185(1)

Simple Distillation Residue Curve Maps 186(5)

Residue Curve Maps for Ternary and Multicomponent Mixtures 191(19)

Feasibility, Product Distributions, and Sequences 210(9)

Conceptual Design Method 219(8)

Distillation Systems and Extractive Distillation 227(14)

Exercises 241(16)

Column Design and Economics 257(32)

Equipment Design 257(12)

Cost Models 269(10)

Optimal Design of Single Columns 279(4)

Exercises 283(6)

Column Sequencing and System Synthesis 289(62)

Introduction 289(1)

Sequences of Simple Columns 290(6)

Complex Column Configurations 296(4)

State-Task Network Representation 300(20)

System Synthesis for Azeotropic Mixtures 320(20)

Heat Integration 340(5)

Exercises 345(6)

Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation 351(42)

Introduction 351(1)

Phase Diagrams 352(7)

Residue Curve Maps 359(5)

Distillation System Synthesis 364(11)

Other Classes of Entrainers 375(5)

Exercises 380(13)

Batch Distillation 393(34)

Simple Model Formulation 393(3)

Solutions for Simple Mixtures 396(3)

Azeotropic Mixtures 399(10)

System Synthesis 409(6)

Targets for Operating Policies 415(2)

Novel Configurations 417(3)

Exercises 420(7)

Reactive Distillation 427(80)

Introduction 427(4)

Examples 431(4)

Simple Reactive Distillation 435(6)

Equilibrium Reactive Distillation 441(26)

Kinetically Controlled Reactive Distillation 467(11)

Case Study: Methyl Acetate Synthesis 478(10)

Closing Remarks and Open Questions 488(9)

Exercises 497(10)
A Heat Effects 507(18)

Applicability of Constant Molar Overflow 507(6)

The Peters Method for Binary Mixtures 513(7)

The Peters Method for Multicomponent Mixtures 520(1)

Exercises 521(4)
B Implicit Functions 525(8)

The Implicit Function Theorem for a Single Equation 525(5)

The Implicit Function Theorem for Systems of Equations 530(3)
C Azeotropy and the Gibbs--Konovalov Conditions 533(12)

Azeotropy 533(2)

Material Stability 535(2)

The Gibbs--Konovalov Conditions for Homogeneous Azeotropes 537(8)
Credits 545