2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Advances in Distillation

This session will focus on the advances in distillation technology including batch, azeotropic, and reactive distillation.

Chair

Daniel R. Summers, Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc.

Co-Chairs

Anand N. Vennavelli, Fractionation Research, Inc.
Nicholas Urbanski, Exxonmobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Company

Presentations

12:30 PM

(325a) Atmospheric Preflash Drums
Andrew W. Sloley

12:55 PM

(325b) Coking Mechanism in Refinery Fractionator Wash Beds
Lowell Pless, Gregory Cantley, James F. Johnson

01:20 PM

(325c) Investigation of Fluid Dynamic Parameters in Packed Distillation Columns Using X-Ray Computed Tomography
Sebastian Schug, Wolfgang Arlt

01:45 PM

(325d) Increasing the Productivity of Crude Oil Distillation Systems through Retrofit: Preflash Implementation and Operational Optimisation
Víctor Manuel Enríquez-Gutiérrez, Megan Jobson

02:10 PM

(325e) Elucidation of Anomalies in Reactive Distillation: The Node-Bumping Effect
Pakamisa Bono, Diane Hildebrandt, David Glasser

02:35 PM

(325f) Influence of the Inlet Downcomer in the Momentum and Energy Transfer on a Sieve Tray Using CFD Techniques
Gabriel H. Justi, Gabriela C. Lopes, Jose A. S. Goncalves