Distillation is the processing of a liquid mixture to separate the components by alternating evaporation and condensation. Distillation may result in fundamentally complete separation, producing ...

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 ...