Optimizing a crude oil distillation unit, or CDU, means simultaneously tuning structural variables, such as the number of ...

Mohamad Jamialahmadi, Hans Mller-Steinhagen University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand A Basic program for IBM PC-compatible computers optimizes the design of packed absorption or stripping columns ...

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 ...

The LSU Cain Department of Chemical Engineering recently completed a journey of several years with the installation of its new distillation columns. The towering structure consumes two floors of ...