The equipment employs galvanically isolated intrinsically safe circuits and flameproof devices as appropriate, to enable safe distillation of standard test mixtures such as methylcyclohexane-toluene, methyl alco hol-water etc.
The unit is a self-contained and fully instrumented distillation facility, suitable for practical laboratory work relevant to the teaching of unit operations.
The equipment consists of two interconnected units: a floor standing process unit and a bench-mounted control console.
The column demonstration apparatus is a small scale vessel that models the operation of a gas contactor or distillation column using air and water as working fluids. Column staging internals show:
Tray columns using sieve, valve and bubble-cap trays
Packed columns using both random and structured packing
Function:
The process has manual control valves with rotameters and is intended to demonstrate contactor distillation principles with basic visual manual operation.
Gas Contactor Distillation Column Demonstrator process uses air and water to emulate column dynamics. Water is recycled; the air is vented to atmosphere.
Functional Distillation Column
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