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Writing for designers and operators of separation units in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and related industries as well as software designers, F.B. Petlyuk presents a clear, multidimensional geometric representation of distillation theory valid for all types of distillation column types, splits, and mixtures. DistillDesigner software allows refinement and confirmation of the algorithms of optimal design. Methods of the general geometric theory of distillation, encoded in DistillDesigner, provide quick and reliable solutions to problems of flowsheet synthesis and to optimal design calculations.
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P1: FCH/FFX CB644-FM P2: FCH/FFX QC: FCH/FFX T1: FCH CB644-Petlyuk-v1 June 15, 2004 This page intentionally left blank ii 4:28 P1: FCH/FFX CB644-FM P2: FCH/FFX QC: FCH/FFX T1: FCH CB644-Petlyuk-v1 June 15, 2004 Distillation Theory and Its Application to Optimal Design of Separation Units Distillation Theory and Its Application to Optimal Design of Separation Units presents a clear, multidimensional, geometric representation of distillation theory that is valid for all types of distillation columns for all splits, column types, and mixtures. This representation answers such fundamental questions as: r What are the feasible separation products for a given mixture? r What minimum power is required to separate a given mixture? r What minimum number of trays is necessary to separate a given mixture at a fixed-power input? Methods of the general geometric theory of distillation, encoded in software, provide quick and reliable solutions to problems of flowsheet synthesis and to optimal design calculations. DistillDesigner software allows refinement and confirmation of the algorithms of optimal design. A sample of this software is available at www.petlyuk.com. This book is intended for students and specialists in the design and operation of separation units in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, wood, petrochemical, oil-refining, and natural gas industries, and for software designers. Felix B. Petlyuk, Ph.D., D.Sc., has worked in the petrochemical engineering and oilrefining industries for more than 40 years. He currently works for the engineering firm ECT Service in Moscow. i 4:28 P1: FCH/FFX CB644-FM P2: FCH/FFX QC: FCH/FFX T1: FCH CB644-Petlyuk-v1 June 15, 2004 ii 4:28 P1: FCH/FFX CB644-FM P2: FCH/FFX QC: FCH/FFX T1: FCH CB644-Petlyuk-v1 June 15, 2004 CAMBRIDGE SERIES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Series Editor: Arvind Varma, Purdue University Editorial Board: Alexis T. Bell, University of California, Berkeley John Bridgwater, University of Cambridge Edward Cussler, University of Minnesota L. Gary Leal, University of California, Santa Barbara Massimo Morbidelli, ETH, Zurich Stanley I. Sandler, University of Delaware Michael L. Shuler, Cornell University Books in the Series: E. L. Cussler, Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, Second Edition Liang-Shih Fan and Chao Zhu, Principles of Gas-Solid Flows Hasan Orbey and Stanley I. Sandler, Modeling Vapor-Liquid Equilibria: Cubic Equations of State and Their Mixing Rules T. Michael Duncan and Jeffrey A. Reimer, Chemical Engineering Design and Analysis: An Introduction John C. Slattery, Advanced Transport Phenomena A. Varma, M. Morbidelli, and H. Wu, Parametric Sensitivity in Chemical Systems M. Morbidelli, A. Gavriilidis, and A. Varma, Catalyst Design: Optimal Distribution of Catalyst in Pellets, Reactors, and Membranes E. L. Cussler and G. D. Moggridge, Chemical Product Design Pao C. Chau, Process Control: A First Course with MATLAB ® Richard Noble and Patricia Terry, Principles of Chemical