How is the design of distillation columns carried out in design institutes?
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What is the specific process for designing distillation columns in various design institutes? Is the process for designing a distillation tower to start with process analysis and design, and then move on to the detailed design of the tower equipment? Do the design institutes carry out equipment design themselves or delegate it to equipment manufacturers? As a new employee, how can I get up to speed more effectively and quickly? One can design distillation columns independently. Everyone is welcome to share their ideas actively and engage in thorough discussions to improve together; anything related to column design is fine
Generally, other distillation tower models are used, or the model is provided by the client. There are standard models for towers; whether they are standard or custom-made, they are produced by equipment manufacturers through procurement. As for specific equipment, manufacturers have more experience than design institutes. Don’t try to design everything from scratch right away – first learn from existing models, and then make improvements and innovations based on those
Enter the data into the software based on the material information provided by the user.
These days, many device designs are simply done roughly by the manufacturers, as having a design firm handle them incurs additional costs, and those costs are quite high; therefore, most owners opt to have the manufacturers carry out the work.
3rd floor: You’re referring to process analysis and design; then is the design of equipment such as tower internals left to the equipment manufacturers? In that case, to work on tower design in a design institute, one must first master simulation software?
Does the second floor refer to the work related to tower equipment design, that is, the tasks that come after the process design? What do you mean by the “distillation column model”? Is it a tower internals design based on certain types of tower internals, such as the determination of the opening ratio and hydrodynamic calculations?
The hydraulic calculations for towers are generally carried out by the manufacturer!
7th floor: So, is using simulation software effectively the most important thing when designing towers in a design institute?
The equipment manufacturer will handle it; we provide the parameters
Does the 9th floor mean that the design institute doesn’t even carry out process simulation, but instead assigns the distillation design task directly to the equipment manufacturer, who takes care of it all?
The material and heat balance calculations for the tower are carried out by the design institute, while the hydraulic calculations are done by the manufacturer.