Day 1
| 09:00-11.30 | Introduction: Modelling of VLE and VLLE in a nutshell Azeotropic behaviour and infinite dilution activity coefficients Distillation modelling via the equilibrium stage approach Single and multiple stage equipment, different configurations Stripping and rectifying, mass balance and McCabe-Thiele (binary) |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Break |
| 11.30-13.30 | Workshop: McCabe -Thiele from simulation result profile Short introduction to Excel-VBA Workshop: McCabe-Thiele VBA-macro Optimum feed stage and pinching, cure pinching Minimum reflux ratio and tangent pinch Complex columns (> 1 feed, intermediate cooling or heating) Open questions |
Day 2
| 09:00-11.30 | Multicomponent columns and key components Component lumping Interpreting composition and temperature profiles Hengstebeck-, key-ratio- and d/b-plots from simulation result profile Interpretation: Pinching in multicomponent columns Retrograde distillation Optimum feed location |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Break |
| 11.30-13.30 | Workshop: Hengstebeck-, key-ratio- and d/b-plots in Excel Column profile in ternary diagrams, distillation and residual curves, distillation fields. Balance lines and mixing points. Application examples Final discussion, open questions |