Distillation columns are extensively deployed in the chemical process ... to field actuators through PID controllers (figure 2). This layer provides the foundation. Without effective basic control, ...

Silicon Valley is now reckoning with a technique in AI development called distillation, one that could upend the AI leaderboard. Distillation is a process of extracting knowledge from a larger ...

Fractional distillation works because the different liquids have different boiling points. When the mixture is heated: vapours rise through a column which is hot at the bottom, and cold at the top ...

In this fifth installment, industry veteran Norm Lieberman explains how to avoid entrainment and improve tray efficiency in a distillation column. A distillation tray is used to mix vapors and ...

The column, measuring 10 metres wide and 66 metres in height weighs 1,300 tonnes, making it among the biggest single crude distillation column in the refining industry.