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[MJ94]

Hello all !!
               Although I know the basics of Distillation (from Mccabe) I get confused when terms like pumparounds , TBP , stabilizers get involved , I want to learn the basics of operating a fractionator , for egs what happens to IBP-FBP of a stream when draw of a that particular stream is increased , please suggest some reading material .  

[MJ94]

Plz help!

[PingPong]

Everything you want to know you can easily google.

 

If you have a lot of spare time you could read Petroleum Refinery Distillation (2nd edition 1979) by R.N. Watkins

and Handbook of Petroleum Processing (2006) by Jones & Pujado.

Watkins explains much more about the operating principles of fractionators.

Note however that both book work with British Units (so not metric or SI).

Edited by PingPong, 19 September 2014 - 10:08 AM.

[MJ94]

Actually I am in Hydrogen Unit which operates on Natural Gas , I always feel uncertain while talking about Fractionation , though I do have the spare time to sit on a OHCU panel , I want to start from the basics .

[Vinayak Chavan]

please note that you can not simply take out the draw of any ammount. this will change IBP and FBP as well as Vapor liquid traffic inside the column.