Course Content

• Overview of distillation: Basics of vapor-liquid equilibrium, column hydrodynamics, column internals
• Operating modes in batch distillation
• Modeling of batch distillation column dynamics: a hierarchy of models of varying complexity and rigor
• Optimal design of batch distillation columns and highlight the differences vis-a-vis continuous columns
• Optimal control problems in batch distillation
• Analysis and synthesis of columns with complex systems (azeotropic/extractive/Reactive distillation)
• Overview of unconventional column configurations (inverted column, middle vessel column, divided wall column)
• Column troubleshooting and performance improvement
• Analysis of Industrial case studies
• Hands-on training on process simulator
• Strategies to deal with variability and uncertainties encountered in batch processing