Seeking advice on simulating distillation columns using Aspen Plus
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Dear fellow engineers, I am currently using Aspen Plus to simulate distillation columns. I would like to ask whether the actual number of theoretical plates in the DSTWU calculation results is indeed the actual number of theoretical plates? Is the number of plates entered into the RadFrac module the actual number of plates or the theoretical number of plates? Through the principle analysis of the strict calculation module, I personally believe that what should be input for strict calculation is the theoretical number of plates! But if I set the Murphree efficiency, does that mean that what is entered into the strict calculation module at this point is the actual number of theoretical plates?
The efficiency of the plate determines what constitutes an actual plate; the values mentioned above refer to theoretical plates
The values entered directly represent the theoretical number of theoretical plates; only those with the plate efficiency set correspond to the actual number of theoretical plates