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 ...

In the experimental distillation column, water is heated in a boiler, and the evaporated water vapour rises through a chamber packed with steel spring-like spiral prisms where it is sprayed with a ...