This course provides basic underpinning knowledge on distillation and its application. The course also provides information on distillation columns, fractional distillation and the distillation process.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to;
- Describe the functions of the major components of a distillation system and describe how the distillation process occurs in a distillation tower.
- Explain how refluxing and reboiling affect product purity and how bubble caps and packing affect the distillation process in distillation towers.
- Explain why it is important to monitor and control distillation tower temperatures and pressures.
- Distillation fundamentals.
- Trays and Packing.
- Feeds and draws.
- Auxiliary equipment.
- Control and troubleshooting.
- Batch distillation of binary mixture.
- Continuous distillation of binary mixture.
- Operators, Boardmen and Instrument Technicians.
5 Days
