Distillation Important Questions

1. How is VLE established on a tray in distillation column? (Very important, will help in understanding concept)

2. Reboiler used in crude distillation?

3. Why we fit VDU after CDU, not the reverse?

4. T-x-y curve, bubble point, dew point definitions.

5. Mccabe thiele plot very important.

6. Partial reboiler vs total reboiler, why we use partial reboiler generally?

7. Partial condenser vs total condenser, why we use total condenser generally?

8. Why subcooled feed fed at near top, and superheated vapour feed fed at near bottom?

9. When/why is steam distillation used?

10. When/why is vacuum distillation used?

11. Tray column vs packed column (see my notes)

12. Why pressure drop is more in tray column than in packed column?

13. Why composition reduces with time in batch distillation (use Txy plot to answer).

14. Effects of increasing reflux ratio?

15. Why VDU column is bigger in size than ADU?

16. How vacuum is creates in a VDU?

17. Steam jet ejector working and parts.

18. Three types of trays (sieve, valve, bubble cap), their advantages and disadvantages.

19. Packing types, advantages and disadvantages.

20. What is channeling, when it occurs in packed column, when it occurs in tray column?

21. How to reduce/prevent channeling in packed column?

22. All failures in tray and packed columns. (weeping, dumping, coning, flooding, channeling)

23. All parts of distillation columns.

24. How is optimum reflux ratio calculated? (Optimization, na parle jigesh korish amae)

25. What is azeotrope?

26. What is total reflux condition?

27. Why are reboilers generally not used in distillation columns in refineries?