Problems in distillation column design
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Dear experts: I’m a beginner in distillation tower design. I would like to ask how the various physical property parameters of oils are determined during the preliminary calculations before designing a distillation tower, such as the average boiling point, specific factor, and molecular weight of the oil The textbook I’m using states that the values are obtained by consulting a table, but the curves in the graphs are quite blurry, making it impossible to obtain accurate values. Do experts have any software that can be used to calculate these values directly? Thank you all so much!
Calculating the design of distillation columns using lookup tables is time-consuming and labor-intensive; these days, knowing the density of the feedstock and its actual boiling point range, one can use process simulation software such as ASPEN for these calculations