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Equipment to separate liquids by distillation
A fractionating column or fractional column is equipment used in the distillation of liquid mixtures to separate the mixture into its component parts, or fractions, based on their differences in volatility. Fractionating columns are used in small-scale laboratory distillations as well as large-scale industrial distillations. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Fractionating columnA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Enhancement of the Processes of Transfer of Heat in a Diabatic Fractionating ColumnInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Word 2010 for DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A fractionating column for analysis of nucleic acidsCited 1,090 times
- Go sideways: Continuous distillationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Fractional distillationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An apparatus for the separation of the volatile components of a liquid by means of fractional distillation, sometimes accompanied by selective adsorption
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A fractionating column for analysis of nucleic acids
Separation of Oxygen Isotopes by a Fractionating Column
Efficiency and Capacity of a Bubble-Plate Fractionating Column
A New Type of Semimicro Fractionating Column
Operating a foam fractionating column in simple mode.
Correlation of bubble‐cap fractionating‐column plate efficiencies
Heat integration of fractionating systems in para-xylene plants based on column optimization
A Large Spinning-Band Fractionating Column
🆕 Influential since 2022
Enhancement of the Processes of Transfer of Heat in a Diabatic Fractionating Column
Estimation of Effciciency of Contact Devices in a Diabatic Fractionating Column with Distributed Heat Removal
Development of neural network controller for control of debutanization process in rectification column of gas-fractionating plant
Development of an Automatic Control System for a Fractionating Column
📚 Books worth reading
Word 2010 for DummiesDan Gookin, Judith Muhr · 2010
Exploratory data analysisJohn Wilder Tukey · 1970
Introduction to Computing Using PythonLjubomir Perkovic · 2011
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
Biogeochemistry of trace elements in coal and coal combustion byproductsRobert F. Keefer · 1999- 📕Bubble-tray design manualAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers. Research Committee. · 1958
- 📕The use of knit metal cloth in plate fractionating columnsFrank C. Vilbrandt · 1938
- 📕Review of the literature on the construction, testing, and operation of laboratory fractionating columnsCecil Clayton Ward · 1939
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