As distillation lies at the heart of the petroleum and chemical industries, so at the heart of most distillation columns are the trays used to effect the separation. Topics covered by the author ...

Distillation columns are extensively deployed in the chemical process industries when there is a need for separation of components that have different boiling points. Typically, a mixture of ...

The very first continuous distillation column was the patent still used to produce Scotch whiskey in the 1830s. It had 12 bubble-cap trays with weirs, downcomers, tray decks, and bubble caps with ...

Although chromatography is more commonly known for its analytical applications, it can also be a powerful tool for removing ...