distillation process
1Distillation — Distiller and Distillery redirect here. For other uses, see Distiller (disambiguation) and Distillery (disambiguation). For other uses, see Distillation (disambiguation). Laboratory display of distillation: 1: A heating device 2: Still pot 3:… …
2distillation — distillatory /di stil euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, distillative /di stil euh tiv/, adj. /dis tl ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed… …
3distillation — 1. The general process of vaporizing liquids, crude oil, or one of its fractions in a closed vessel, collecting and condensing the vapors into liquids. Commercial forms of distillation in petroleum refining are crude, atmospheric, vacuum, rerun,… …
4Distillation Design —   Author(s) Henry Z. Kister Language …
5Process design (chemical engineering) — Process design is the design of processes for desired physical and/or chemical transformation of materials. Process design is central to chemical engineering and it can be considered to be the summit of chemical engineering, bringing together all …
6distillation — late 14c., process of distilling, from L.L. distillationem (nom. distillatio), noun of action from pp. stem of distillare (see DISTILL (Cf. distill)). Meaning product of distilling is from 1590s …
7distillation — [dis΄tə lā′shen] n. 1. a distilling; specif., the process of first heating a mixture to separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts, and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce a more nearly pure or refined… …
8distillation — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the process of purifying a liquid by successive evaporation and condensation b. a process like distillation < gradual distillation of the truth >; also an instance of such distilling 2 …
9Process (science) — In science, a process is every sequence of changes of a real object/body which is observable using scientific method. Therefore, all sciences analyze and model processes . Processes are always properties of dynamic systems, they are characterized …
10distillation — A separation process in which a liquid is converted to a vapor, and the vapor is then condensed back to a liquid. The usual purpose of distillation is separation of the compounds of a mixture. Steam distillation separates all water insoluble… …
