distillation

  • 101Vacuum distillation — At atmospheric pressure, dimethyl sulfoxide boils at 189°C. Under a vacuum, it distills off into the connected receiver at only 70°C. Vacuum distillation is a method of distillation whereby the pressure above the liquid mixture to be distilled is …

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  • 102Continuous distillation — Image 1: Typical industrial distillation towers Image 2: A crude oil vacuum distillation column as used in oil refineries …

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  • 103Fractional distillation — is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions, such as in separating chemical compounds by their boiling point by heating them to a temperature at which several fractions of the compound will evaporate. It is a special… …

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  • 104Batch distillation — Batch distillationcite book|author=Kister, Henry Z.|title= Distillation Design|edition=1st Edition |publisher=McGraw Hill|year=1992|id=ISBN 0 07 034909 6] refers to the use of distillation in batches, meaning that a mixture is distilled to… …

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  • 105Steam distillation — is a special type of distillation (a separation process) for temperature sensitive materials like natural aromatic compounds.Many organic compounds tend to decompose at high sustained temperatures. Separation by normal distillation would then not …

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  • 106Destructive distillation — is the chemical process involving the decomposition of feedstock by heating to a high temperature; the term generally applies to processing of organic material in the absence of air or in the presence of limited amounts of oxygen or other… …

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  • 107Azeotropic distillation — In chemistry, azeotropic distillationcite book|author=Kister, Henry Z.|title= Distillation Design|edition=1st Edition |publisher=McGraw Hill|year=1992|id=ISBN 0 07 034909 6] is any of a range of techniques used to break an azeotrope in… …

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  • 108Salt-effect distillation — is a method of extractive distillation in which a salt is dissolved in the mixture of liquids to be distilled. The salt acts as a separating agent by raising the relative volatility of the mixture and by breaking any azeotropes that may otherwise …

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  • 109Extractive distillation — is defined as distillation in the presence of a miscible, high boiling, relatively non volatile component, the solvent, that forms no azeotrope with the other components in the mixture. The method is used for mixtures having a low value of… …

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  • 110Multi-stage flash distillation — Water desalination Methods Distillation Multi stage flash distillation (MSF) Multiple effect distillation (MED|ME) Vapor compression (VC) Ion exchange Membrane processes Electrodialysis reversal (EDR) Reverse osmosis (RO) Nanofiltration (NF)… …

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