The course is lectured for graduate students of chemical engineering, separation branch.

In this course we focus on multicomponent distillation process and different numerical procedures to analyse it.

Contents:

1-      Introduction to the Fundamentals of Distillation 

2-      Development and Application of the Theta Method of Convergence to Conventional Distillation Columns

3-      Application of the Theta Method of Convergence to Complex Columns and to Systems of Columns

4-      The 2N Newton-Raphson Method

Reading Resources:

1-      “Fundamentals of Multicomponent Distillation” by Charles D. Holland, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1981

2-      “Computer Methods for Solving Dynamic Separation Problems” by Charles D. Holland and Athanasios I. Liapis, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1983

Assessment Tools:

-          Weekly homeworks

-          A classroom project

-          Final examination

Grading Policy:

-          Homeworks (10/100)

-          Classroom project (40/100)

-          Final Exam (50/100)