Distillation in Practice

Course ID: 
ELA112
Course Type: 
eLearning (online) Course
Course Length: 
20 Hours

This course covers all essential distillation concepts likely to be faced by process support, operations, and design engineering personnel. It covers vapor liquid equilibrium, process design, column operation, and simulation issues, along with specification and selection of hardware.

Course content includes

  • Fundamentals: Vapor Liquid Equilibrium and Stages and Transfer Units
  • Practice: General Column Design, Tray Column Design, Packed Column Design, Other Devices, and Efficiency
  • Advanced Topics: Scale Up, Start-up & Troubleshooting, and Enhanced Distillation.
CEUs Awarded: 
2.00
PDHs Awarded
20.00 PDHs
Instructor(s): 

John P. Farone

John P. Farone is a sought-after consultant to the chemical industry with over 40 years of experience in process separations, process simulation and equipment design. He has unique knowledge of the practical design and operation of trayed and packed distillation towers and their internals. Previously, he was with The Dow Chemical Company for 36 years where he specialized in process engineering in distillation and stipping.

Any  eLearning or Instructor-led occurences of this course that are open to the public will be listed below. If you are interested in scheduling this course for In-Company Training, please complete the Request for Proposal Form and we will e-mail you a proposal.
 

Pricing

AIChE Members $895
AIChE Grad Student Members $447.50
AIChE Undergrad Student Members $447.50
Non-Members $1,095
(Membership is just $199 a year. For more information on becoming an AIChE member click here.)

 

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