Pilot Distillation Lab

Pilot Distillation LabBuilding the rig…

Operate4 steps

Press Play to start up. Everything is live except the feed strength, which waits for a Reset.

1Feed

Ethanol in the feed

1 %design 10 % v/v40 %

Feed rate, P-101

5 l/hdesign 52 l/h120

Feed temperature

20 C95 C

2Heating

Heater E-103kettle9 kW

2 kWlab runs 9 kW15

3Reflux

Distillate draw

Reflux ratio R = L/D

1design 9.0640

Target distillate

80 %design 92 % v/v94 %

4Column internals

HETP of the rings

0.15 mbooks 0.20 to 0.45 m0.60

Tray efficiency E_O

0.30usual 0.5 to 0.81.00

ideal
stages

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