Multi Component Distillation
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Multi Component Distillation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Multi Component Distillation (subject code 2180505) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 8 divides the course into 6 units, covering 19 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2180505)Unit 1 Selection of Key Component
- Light and heavy key component
- Split key and Adjacent key, Distribution of key and non-key components
Unit 2 Sequencing of Distillation Column
- Selection criteria with industrial examples
Unit 3 Selection of Operating Pressure
- Determination of operating pressure for the various industrial distillation columns
- Criteria for vacuum distillation
- Advantages &Disadvantages of vacuum distillation
- Determination of vapor-liquid Equilibrium data
Unit 4 Methods for Finding Theoretical Stages
- Short cut methods: Fenskey-Underwood-Gilliland’s method
- Rigorous methods: Lewis-Metheson method
- Theile-Geddes method
- Equation tearing procedures using tridiagonal matrix algorithm
Unit 5 Azeotropicand Extractive Distillation
- Concept and Working principle
- Industrial examples
- Determination of number of theoretical stages for azeotropic and extractive distillation
- advantage and disadvantage over each other
Unit 6 Tower Diameter and Pressure Drop
- Criteria of selection between tray tower and packed tower
- Various type of packings
- Selection of tray type
- Determination of tower diameter and pressure
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