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About this Course
📚 This Binary Distillation for Process & Chemical Engineering course provides an in-depth exploration of binary mixtures and the techniques used to optimize separation efficiency in distillation processes. You will learn how to design and analyze distillation columns for precise separation of components in chemical and industrial applications.
Key topics covered include:
- Binary Mixture Behavior and Phase Diagrams
- Distillation Column Design (Tray and Packed Columns)
- Operating Lines and McCabe-Thiele Method
- Reflux Ratio and Distillation Efficiency
- Designing for Minimum Reflux and Total Reflux Conditions
- Energy Integration and Optimization in Distillation
👨🏫 Designed for
Chemical engineering students, process engineers, and professionals who want to deepen their understanding of binary distillation, from theory to practical column design and optimization.
📚 Course Approach
A blend of theoretical learning and practical applications, with detailed problem-solving and examples of real-world distillation systems.
🎯 By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the thermodynamic principles governing binary distillation
- Use phase diagrams and the McCabe-Thiele method for column design
- Design distillation columns with optimal reflux ratios and number of stages
- Analyze and optimize the separation of binary mixtures
- Apply energy-saving techniques to improve distillation efficiency
🚀 Recommended for
Students, engineers, and professionals looking to master binary distillation design and optimization for industrial applications.
✅ You’ll learn to:
- Analyze binary mixtures and predict distillation behavior
- Design and optimize distillation columns for high-efficiency separations
- Calculate key design parameters like the number of stages and reflux ratio
- Use McCabe-Thiele and other methods for column design and analysis
- Optimize energy consumption in distillation processes
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
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Instructor Support
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Curriculum
- Before you get started with the Review...
- 2 Reveiw - Mass Transfer. (0:59)
- 2.1 Ideal Gas Law (3:43)
- Ideal Solution (5:02)
- Vapor Pressure (5:29)
- Partial Pressure (3:44)
- Patrial 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)
- Relative Volatility (8:06)
- Special Case - Constant Relative Volatility (2:37)
- 2.3 Binary Diagrams (1:45)
- XY Diagrams (3:41)
- Task - XY Diagram (2:21)
- T-XY Diagram (3:26)
- Bubble Point (3:03)
- Dew Point (2:38)
- Analysis of T-XY Diagram (5:31)
- Task - Reading T-XY Diagram (0:41)
- P-XY Diagrams (5:16)
- Task - Reading P-XY Diagrams (2:22)
- 2.4 Raoult's Law (7:30)
- Non-Ideal Solutions (4:49)
- Exercise - Raoult's Law Application (9:09)
- Cases - Ideal Gas, Ideal Solution, Real Gas, Real Solution (2:29)
- Henry's Law (2:21)
- Exercise - Henry's Law for Solubility (6:29)
- 2.5 Devitations (4:49)
- Azeotropes (3:40)
- Miniumum boiling Azeotropes (4:04)
- Maximum Boiling Azeotrope (2:29)
- Introduction to Azeotropic Distillation (2:20)
- 2.6 Getting VLE Data from Aspen Plus (2:41)
- Getting VLE Data from NIST Databases (3:13)
- Task - Extracting Binary Data using NIST Database (3:27)
- Task - Graphing Txy Data with Binary Analysis Tools (6:05)
- 068 Introduciton-to-Tray-Columns (4:18)
- 069 4.2-Equipment-used-in-Tray-Columns
- 070 Sieve-Trays
- 071 Valve-Trays (3:57)
- 072 Bubble-Cap-Tray (3:39)
- 073 Tray-Considerations (0:27)
- 074 Trays-Spacing
- 075 Trays-Sizing (1:12)
- 076 Trays-Layouts
- 077 Trays-Materials (2:50)
- 078 Trays-Manways
- 079 Trays-Operating (1:37)
- 080 Trays-Pressure-Drop (1:27)
- 081 Trays-Costs
- 082 Trays-Maintenance (0:53)
- 083 Trays-Summary
- 084 All-others
- 085 Bubbling-Area
- 086 Contact-Area (1:24)
- 087 Weir (2:34)
- 088 Downcomer
- 091 Counter-Current-Operaiton (5:47)
- 113 Stage-Efficency (5:44)
- 114 Murphree-Efficiency (3:30)
- 115 Stage-Efficiency-Examples (1:44)
- 116 Exercise-10-Murphree-Efficiency (2:53)
- 129 Pressure-Drop-in-Trays (3:49)
- 130 Pressure-Loss-in-Trays-due-to-Sieves-hd (3:07)
- 131 Pressure-Drop-in-Trays-Hl-equivalent-h-eight-of-clear-liquid-holdup
- 132 Pressure-drop-in-Trays-due-to-Surface-Tension
- 133 Exercise-13-Pressure-Drop-in-Tray-Columns
- 134 Summary-of-Exercises-11-12-and-13
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