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About this Course
📚 This Batch Distillation in Chemical & Process Engineering course focuses on the design and optimization of batch distillation processes. You will learn how to separate mixtures efficiently in batch operations, developing skills to design flexible, high-performance systems for a wide range of chemical processes.
Key topics covered include:
- Batch Distillation Fundamentals
- Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium and Phase Behavior
- Designing Batch Distillation Columns
- Operating Strategies (Constant Reflux, Variable Reflux, etc.)
- Optimization of Separation Efficiency
- Energy and Time Efficiency in Batch Operations
👨🏫 Designed for
Chemical engineering students, process engineers, and professionals who want to gain practical skills in batch distillation, focusing on real-world applications in small-scale production, pilot plants, and specialized chemical processes.
📚 Course Approach
A combination of theoretical principles and practical design strategies, including case studies and examples of real industrial applications.
🎯 By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the principles and applications of batch distillation
- Design batch distillation systems for efficient separation of mixtures
- Select appropriate operating strategies for different batch distillation processes
- Optimize batch distillation operations for high separation efficiency and minimal energy consumption
- Analyze the performance of batch distillation units and improve throughput
🚀 Recommended for
Students, engineers, and industry professionals interested in mastering batch distillation and its applications in small-scale or flexible production systems.
✅ You’ll learn to:
- Design and optimize batch distillation columns for different mixtures
- Apply vapor-liquid equilibrium data to determine separation efficiency
- Implement effective operating strategies to improve batch distillation performance
- Use process simulators to model batch distillation processes
- Solve real-world problems related to energy and time efficiency in batch distillation
Self-Paced, Dynamic Lectures
Learn at your own pace, anytime and anywhere.
The lectures are concise, engaging, and focused—designed to maximize your understanding efficiently.
Downloadable Material
Get access to all simulation files, workshop materials, spreadsheets, reference guides and companion E-Book.
Use them to practice offline, follow along with lessons, or revisit concepts anytime.
Evaluations, Quizzes
Evaluate your progress through interactive quizzes and self-assessments.
Reinforce key concepts, identify gaps, and ensure you're ready to apply what you've learned in real scenarios.
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Certificate of Completion
Receive an official certificate or diploma once you finish the course—perfect for showcasing your new skills on your resume, LinkedIn, or job applications.
Instructor Support
Get guidance whenever you need it—ask questions, request feedback, and interact directly with the instructor throughout the course.
Curriculum
- 2 Reveiw - Mass Transfer. (0:59)
- Ideal Gas Law (3:43)
- Ideal Solution (5:02)
- Vapor Pressure (5:29)
- Partial Pressure (3:44)
- Partial Pressure vs Vapor Pressure (3:42)
- Task Pressures (0:38)
- What is Vapor Liquid Equilibrium for Pure substances (4:36)
- Vapor Liquid Equilibrium for Binary Systems (6:55)
- 2.2 Volatility (Chemistry) (4:25)
- Task - Volatility of Substances (1:36)
- 2.3 Binary Diagrams (1:45)
- Bubble Point (3:03)
- Case 1 - Ideal solution and Ideal Gas (2:02)
- Henry's Law (2:21)
- Ex - Raoults Law Application (9:09)
- Dew Point (2:38)
- Case 4 - Real Solution - Real Gases (3:17)
- Introduction to Azeotropic Distillation (2:20)
- Getting VLE Data from NIST Databases (3:13)
- K-Values - An Overview (2:27)
- T-XY Diagram (3:26)
- Cases in Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium (2:43)
- Ex - Henrys Law for Solubility (6:29)
- P-XY Diagrams (5:16)
- K-Values (revisited) (2:55)
- Task - Reading P-XY Diagrams (2:22)
- Task - XY Diagram (2:21)
- Task - Extracting Binary Data using NIST Database (3:27)
- Task - Reading T-XY Diagram (0:41)
- Maximum Boiling Azeotrope (2:29)
- Task - Identify Azeotrope Types (1:26)
- What is Aspen Plus (1:31)
- Case 3 - Ideal Solution and Real Gas (2:36)
- Case 2 - Real Soltion - Ideal Gas (3:33)
- Azeotropes (3:40)
- Relative Volatility (8:06)
- Special Case - Constant Relative Volatility (2:37)
- Miniumum boiling Azeotropes (4:04)
- Task - Prove Phase Rule for VLE systems (2:18)
- Task - Calculate K-Values (4:01)
- Cases Conclusions - Ideal Gases and Solutions vs Real Gases and Solutions (1:58)
- Phase Rules & Diagrams (11:05)
- Analysis of T-XY Diagram (5:31)
- Non-Ideal Solutions (4:49)
- XY Diagrams (3:41)
- 2.5 Devitations (4:49)
- Raoult's Law (6:30)
- 2.6 Getting VLE Data from Aspen Plus (2:41)
- What is Batch Distillation (9:01)
- The Key Concept - Time (4:47)
- Animation - Batch Distillation (5:47)
- Task - Batch Distillation Column Control Lab (0:42)
- 4.2 Introduction to Batch Distillation (2:41)
- Advantages of Batch Distillation (6:18)
- General Disadvantages of the BAtch Distillation (3:02)
- Batch Distillation - Operation and Control of Loads (4:25)
- Reflux Control in Batch Distillation (Operation and Control) (6:00)
- Batch Distillation with Rectifying Sections (6:41)
- 4.1 Introduction to Simple Differential Distillation (13:12)
- The Rayleigh Equation for Simple Fractional Distillation (8:42)
- Analytical & Graphical Solutions for Rayleigh Equation in Batch Distillation (6:35)
- Ex. 1 Application of Rayleigh Equation to Isopropanol Water Mix (9:38)
- Ex.2 Partial Rayleigh Distillation of Hexane and JHeptane (18:29)
- Ex.3 Rayleigh Equation using Equilbirium Expresion in Distillation (10:34)
- Ex. 4 Distillation using Rayleigh Equation given time conditions (7:23)
- Equilbirium Stages Overview in Batch Distillation (10:37)
- An Overview of McCabe Thiele Method in Batch Distillation (8:20)
- Operation Line of a Batch Distillation (Rectifiers) (13:45)
- Batch Distillation operating at Constant Reflux (8:30)
- Derivation of the Batch Distillation for Constant Reflux (4:18)
- Task - Proof of Raliegh Equation form the Batch Distillation Equation (0:42)
- Graphical Method using a Batch Distillator with Constant Reflux (3:12)
- Constant Composition Case for Batch Distillation (13:46)
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