Contents Notes |
Ch. 1. How Trays Work: Flooding: Downcomer Backup -- Ch. 2. How Trays Work: Dumping: Weeping Through Tray Decks -- Ch. 3. Why Control Tower Pressure: Options for Optimizing Tower Operating Pressure -- Ch. 4. What Drives Distillation Towers: Reboiler Function -- Ch. 5. How Reboilers Work: Thermosyphon, Gravity Feed, and Forced -- Ch. 6. How Instruments Work: Levels, Pressures, Flows, and Temperatures -- Ch. 7. Packed Towers: Better than Trays? Packed-Bed Vapor and Liquid Distribution -- Ch. 8. Steam and Condensate Systems: Water Hammer and Condensate Backup Steam-Side Reboiler Control -- Ch. 9. Bubble Point and Dew Point: Equilibrium Concepts in Vapor-Liquid Mixtures -- Ch. 10. Steam Strippers: Source of Latent Heat of Vaporization -- Ch. 11. Draw-off Nozzle Hydraulics: Nozzle Cavitation Due to Lack of Hydrostatic Head -- Ch. 12. Pumparounds and Tower Heat Flows: Closing the Tower Enthalpy Balance. |