Distillation: Towers Reboilers and Condensers

By the end of this course you will be able to: Explain the difference between the following types of reboilers: forced vs. natural circulation and external vs. internal  Describe two ways that condensers can be categorized in overhead systems  Describe the major difference between a binary tower and a multidraw tower  Describe three factors that affect the physical dimensions of a distillation tower  Give three basic reasons why vacuum distillation is used  Explain what an azeotropic mixture is and identify two methods of azeotropic distillation