Design guidelines outline solutions for reducing fouling in distillation columns DISTILLATION—1 When designing mass transfer equipment for fouling service, one must first understand the fouling ...

Distillation columns are one of the most difficult design and operational challenges in the process industry. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, more than 40\,000 distillation columns are ...

On an existing extractive distillation benzene-toluene-xylene (BTX) column, the aromatic production capacity increased more than 18% while aromatics recovery improved. Improved distributor design ...

“The primary design criterion for the unit was/is the safety of the ... publications that advance students at the undergraduate and graduate level. The distillation columns were made possible, in part ...