2011 Spring Meeting & 7th Global Congress on Process Safety

Session: Following Dr. Fair’s Footsteps: Fractionation and Tray Optimization

Chair

Henry Z. Kister, Fluor Corporation

Co-Chair

Presentations

08:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

08:05 AM

(9a) Chemical Engineering Contributions of Jim Fair
A. Frank Seibert, R. Bruce Eldridge

08:35 AM

(9b) Novel Configurations Using Fewer Columns for Multicomponent Distillation
Anirudh A. Shenvi, Vishesh H. Shah, Rakesh Agrawal

09:00 AM

(9c) Minimum Reflux Calculation for Non-Sharp Splits In Multicomponent Distillation Systems Using Column Profile Maps
D. Hildebrandt, Ronald Abbas, Chan Yee Ma

09:35 AM

(9d) On the Selection of Mass Transfer Internals for CO2 Capture by Amines
Prakash Karpe, Clint Aichele

10:05 AM

(9e) A Novel Approach to Quick-Sizing Tray Towers
Daniel R. Summers

10:30 AM

(9f) Optimizing Cross-Flow Tray Performance
Izak Nieuwoudt, Neil Sandford

10:55 AM

Concluding Remarks