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Teaching Statistical Experimental Design Using A Laboratory Experiment, Douglas K. Ludlow, Kirk H. Schulz, John Erjavec Jan 1995

Teaching Statistical Experimental Design Using A Laboratory Experiment, Douglas K. Ludlow, Kirk H. Schulz, John Erjavec

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

An Experimental Project Introduces the Concepts of Statistical Experimental Design to Undergraduates in a Laboratory Setting. a Safe, Inexpensive and Easily Operable Experiment Uses a Gas Chromatograph to Give Quantitative Results and to Allow Students to Concentrate on Applying Statistical Skills Without Being Impeded by Complex Equipment or Experimental Methods. One of the Unique Aspects of the Experiment is a Trade‐off between the Two Most Significant Variables, Forcing Students to Compromise in the Selection of Optimum Conditions. Such Compromises Are Typical in Many Real‐world Industrial Situations. the Experiment Has Been Used for Several Years in the Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratories …


Orientation Induced Scattering Asymmetry, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson Aug 1994

Orientation Induced Scattering Asymmetry, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson

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Projectile angular scattering is investigated following electron capture by protons from circular Rydberg atoms oriented along a quantization axis perpendicular to the incident projectile direction. We find strong left-right scattering asymmetry as a function of the orientation angle at collision speeds comparable to the electron orbital speed. The capture cross section is dramatically enhanced due to velocity matching when the angular momenta of the proton and the electron are aligned. The scattering asymmetry exhibits characteristic impact parameter dependencies suitable for studying three-body dynamics influenced by both long and short range forces of comparable strength. © 1994 IOP Publishing Ltd.


Formation Of Plasma Polymer Thin Films Containing Reactive Metal Chelate Sites, J. M. Skelly, Nicholas C. Morosoff, V. T. Stannett, A. L. Crumbliss Feb 1994

Formation Of Plasma Polymer Thin Films Containing Reactive Metal Chelate Sites, J. M. Skelly, Nicholas C. Morosoff, V. T. Stannett, A. L. Crumbliss

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We report here the successful incorporation of chemically active Co2+ and Ni2+ centers into plasma polymer thin films. Metal center incorporation was accomplished by simultaneous plasma polymerization of sublimed Co2+ or Ni2+ complexes with gaseous "comonomers" or Ar. The metal complexes include N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-1,2-phenylenediaminecobalt(II) (CoSalophen), N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediaminecobalt(II) (CoSalen), N,N′-bis(3-fluorosalicylidene)ethylenediaminecobalt(II) (CoFluomine), meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatocobalt(II) (CoTPP), meso-tetraphenylporphine (TPP), and meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatonickel(II) (NiTPP). Modification to the metal complex structure was observed by IR and UV-vis spectroscopies. IR spectra of plasma polymer films containing the Schiff's base complexes, prepared using Ar as a carrier gas, contained a band at 2190 cm−1, which can be attributed to nitrile group formation, …


Writing Across The Chemical Engineering Curriculum At The University Of North Dakota, Douglas K. Ludlow, Kirk H. Schulz Jan 1994

Writing Across The Chemical Engineering Curriculum At The University Of North Dakota, Douglas K. Ludlow, Kirk H. Schulz

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In Order to Prepare Engineering Graduates with the Written and Oral Communication Skills Needed in their Professional Careers a Coordinated Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program Has Developed in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of North Dakota. the Students Practice and Develop their Skills with Writing Assignments in Both Lecture and Laboratory Courses from the First‐year Level through the Fourth‐year Capstone Design Course. the Coordinated Approach, especially in the Four‐semester Laboratory Sequence, Allows the Students to Develop their Skills by Building on Communication Experiences in Previous Courses. the WAC Program at UND Including Writing and Public Speaking Assignments …


Structural Properties Of Mixtures Of Highly Asymmetrical Electrolytes And Uncharged Particles Using The Hypernetted Chain Approximation, Daniel Forciniti, Carol K. Hall Jan 1994

Structural Properties Of Mixtures Of Highly Asymmetrical Electrolytes And Uncharged Particles Using The Hypernetted Chain Approximation, Daniel Forciniti, Carol K. Hall

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have solved the Ornstein-Zernike equation in the hypernetted chain (HNC) approximation for several mixtures of electrolytes and uncharged hard spheres. The mixtures that we studied range from a simple restricted primitive model plus hard spheres of the same size to highly asymmetric electrolytes plus hard spheres of different sizes. We monitored the radial distribution function and thermodynamic properties. We find that the presence of neutral particles changes the nature of the interaction between the charged particles. We also find a strong correlation between nonelectrostatic and electrostatic contributions to the free energy of the mixtures. Potential applications of this approach …


Dominance Of The Thomas Mechanism For Electron Capture From Orientated Rydberg Atoms, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson Jan 1994

Dominance Of The Thomas Mechanism For Electron Capture From Orientated Rydberg Atoms, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We investigate electron capture from initially oriented circular Rydberg atoms by proton impact at collision speeds comparable to the electron orbital speed. The Thomas double scattering mechanism is observed even at these low relative speeds. Furthermore, we find evidence for the dominance of a quasi Thomas capture mechanism in the form of not a single peak, but a double-peaked structure in the differential cross section when the plane of the circular orbit is nearly perpendicular to the incident direction of the projectile. © 1994 The American Physical Society.


Multiphase Equilibrium Behavior Of The Mixture Carbon Dioxide + Ethane + Methanol, Seung Pyo Hong, Christi L. Patton (Luks), Kraemer D. Luke Jan 1994

Multiphase Equilibrium Behavior Of The Mixture Carbon Dioxide + Ethane + Methanol, Seung Pyo Hong, Christi L. Patton (Luks), Kraemer D. Luke

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Three-Phase Liquid-Liquid-Vapor (Llg) Phase Equilibrium Behavior of the Mixture Carbon Dioxide + Ethane + Methanol Was Experimentally Studied. the Boundaries of the Three-Phase Llg Region in Pressure-Temperature Space Are Delineated. Compositions and Molar Volumes of the Two Liquid Phases and the Vapor Phase Along the 288.15 and 298.15 K Isotherms Are Reported. © 1994, American Chemical Society. All Rights Reserved.


Final State Distributions For Electron Capture From Orientated Rydberg Atoms, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson Dec 1993

Final State Distributions For Electron Capture From Orientated Rydberg Atoms, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson

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Final state nim distributions are studied for electron capture from orientated circular Rydberg atoms. Strong orientation effects are found for all quantum numbers at collision speeds comparable to the electron orbital speed. Predominant population of large m states is observed when the plane of the circular orbit is nearly perpendicular to the incident direction of the projectile. The Ini distributions show structures due to quasi-Thomas scattering even at low relative collision velocities. © 1993 IOP Publishing Ltd.


Ionic Charge Dependence Of The Zero Degree Binary Encounter Peak For Partially Stripped Heavy Ions, W. Wolff, H. E. Wolff, J. L. Shinpaugh, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson, D. Fainstein, S. Lencinas, U. Bechthold, R. Herrmann, H. Schmidt-Bocking Nov 1993

Ionic Charge Dependence Of The Zero Degree Binary Encounter Peak For Partially Stripped Heavy Ions, W. Wolff, H. E. Wolff, J. L. Shinpaugh, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson, D. Fainstein, S. Lencinas, U. Bechthold, R. Herrmann, H. Schmidt-Bocking

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We report on the measurements of double differential cross sections, at zero degree, for the production of secondary electrons from the collision of 0, 6 MeV amu-1 Cu5+, I7+, Au11+, U13+, Cu19+, t23+ and Au29+ projectiles with H2 and He. The shapes and positions of the observed binary encounter electron peaks are compared with continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state (CDW-EIS), impulse approximation and classical trajectory Monte Carlo calculations, as well as with predictions from an adiabatic resonant tunnelling model recently proposed by Fainstein and co-workers. The …


Dependence Of Binary Encounter Electron Production On The Charge State Of The Recoil Ion, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson, H. Wolf, J. Shinpaugh, W. Wolff, H. Schmidt Böcking Aug 1993

Dependence Of Binary Encounter Electron Production On The Charge State Of The Recoil Ion, Jee-Ching Wang, Ronald E. Olson, H. Wolf, J. Shinpaugh, W. Wolff, H. Schmidt Böcking

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We study the dependence of the production of binary encounter electrons on the charge state of recoil ions for 2.4 MeV u-l Xe21+ on He and Ar. Doubly differential cross sections of electron emission are calculated with the ncrMC method. We find that the contributions to the binary electron cross section from various recoil ion charge states reach a maximum near Ar5+ for the Ar target. In the case of the He target; double ionization dominates over single ionization for alt ejected electron energies above 100 eV. However, an unexpected local drop of double ionization in the …


Reversible Complexation Of O2 To (Meso-Tetraphenylporphyrinato)Cobalt(Ii) Plasma Polymer And Sublimed Films At Room Temperature, J. M. Skelly, Nicholas C. Morosoff, V. T. Stannett, A. L. Crumbliss Jan 1993

Reversible Complexation Of O2 To (Meso-Tetraphenylporphyrinato)Cobalt(Ii) Plasma Polymer And Sublimed Films At Room Temperature, J. M. Skelly, Nicholas C. Morosoff, V. T. Stannett, A. L. Crumbliss

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Product Distributions In The Co2-Nh3-H2o System From Liquid Conductivity Measurements, James E. Pelkie, P. John Concannon, David B. Manley, Bruce E. Poling Sep 1992

Product Distributions In The Co2-Nh3-H2o System From Liquid Conductivity Measurements, James E. Pelkie, P. John Concannon, David B. Manley, Bruce E. Poling

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The objective of this work was to illustrate how liquid conductivity measurements could be used to provide information about the extent of ionization and the amounts of the various ionic products that are formed in the liquid phase in the CO2-NH3-H2O system. To accomplish this, pressures and liquid-phase conductivities for the CO2-NH3-H2O system were measured at 25 °C and over a range of pressures and concentrations. In order to acquire the desired information from bulk conductivity measurements, calibration curves were established from measurements with several potassium salts. These …


Some Observations Of Bispectral Behavior Of Large Ensembles Of Exact Solutions To The Burgers Equation For Random Initial Conditions, Weiguo Zheng, X. B. Reed Jan 1992

Some Observations Of Bispectral Behavior Of Large Ensembles Of Exact Solutions To The Burgers Equation For Random Initial Conditions, Weiguo Zheng, X. B. Reed

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Accurate bispectra for the Burgers equation have been computed into the high wave-number domain. Although only the imaginary part ib(k,l) contributes to spectral transfer, new insights having implications for three-dimensional turbulence can be gained by incorporating the real part a(k,l). For fixed l, for instance, the modulus of the bispectrum of the Burgers equation manifests a power-law subrange corresponding to the inertial subrange of the energy spectrum and an exponential subrange corresponding to the viscous cutoff of the energy spectrum. © 1992 American Institute of Physics.


Triallylphosphine Plasma Polymerization And Reaction Of The Product With Volatile Transition Metal Compounds, S. D. Clymer, Nicholas C. Morosoff, A. L. Crumbliss Jan 1992

Triallylphosphine Plasma Polymerization And Reaction Of The Product With Volatile Transition Metal Compounds, S. D. Clymer, Nicholas C. Morosoff, A. L. Crumbliss

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The plasma polymerization of triallyl phosphine in order to form a crosslinked polymer thin film is described. The plasma polymer thin film has been characterized and shown to contain a high proporation of C=C and P groups conserved from the monomer. The accessibility of the phosphine groups has been demonstrated by reaction with O2, NO, Ni(CO)4, and Fe(CO)5. Reaction with O2, and NO results in a P=O moiety formation. Reaction with the gaseous metal carbonyls results in fixation of the metal via complexation by the P groups as a result of exchange …


Preparation Of A Plasma Polymer Containing Phosphine Complexed Nickel By Concurrent Nickel Evaporation, N. (Nicholas) C. Morosoff, S. D. Clymer, A. L. Crumbliss Jan 1992

Preparation Of A Plasma Polymer Containing Phosphine Complexed Nickel By Concurrent Nickel Evaporation, N. (Nicholas) C. Morosoff, S. D. Clymer, A. L. Crumbliss

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This article describes one of the first examples of concurrent metal evaporation and substituted hydrocarbon plasma polymerization as a general method for preparing thin films containing a metal coordinated to a plasma polymer. In this report, the evaporation of Ni into a triallyl phosphine (TAP) glow discharge is described Deposition of a plasma polymer with concurrent reaction of Ni atoms with phosphine groups forms nickel containing triallyl phosphine plasma polymer, NiTAPPP. The chemical nature of the product is derived on the basis of infrared spectra taken of the film as formed and after reaction with air, CO, and NO. The …


Interaction Of Sodium, Sulfur, And Silica During Coal Combustion, Thomas A. Erickson, Douglas K. Ludlow, Steven A. Benson Jul 1991

Interaction Of Sodium, Sulfur, And Silica During Coal Combustion, Thomas A. Erickson, Douglas K. Ludlow, Steven A. Benson

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The Interaction of Sodium, Sulfur, and Silica at Conditions Typical in a Pulverized Coal Furnace Was Investigated by using Both Model Mixtures and a Synthetic Coal. the Model Mixtures Consisted of Selected Inorganic Constituents that Were Well Mixed in Proportions Typically Found in Low-Rank Coal. the Synthetic Coal Consisted of a Furfuryl Alcohol Polymer with Appropriate Amounts of Sodium, Sulfur, and Silica to Duplicate the Characteristics of Low-Rank Coal. the Model Mixtures and Synthetic Coal Were Burned in a Laminar Flow (Drop-Tube) Furnace at 900, 1100, 1300, and 1500 °C and Residence Times of 0.1,0.5,1.5, and 2.4 S. the Resulting …


Network Model Investigation Of Gas Transport In Bidisperse Porous Adsorbents, John H. Petropoulos, John K. Petrou, Athanasios I. Liapis Jun 1991

Network Model Investigation Of Gas Transport In Bidisperse Porous Adsorbents, John H. Petropoulos, John K. Petrou, Athanasios I. Liapis

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A capillary network model consisting of a micropore network permeated by one of macropores of randomly varying size has been constructed. Although simplified (to keep computer space and time requirements low) in relation to a real bidisperse porous adsorbent or catalyst, it embodies the salient pore structural features likely to determine the gas-transport behavior of such porous solids. Suitable model calculations of Knudsen gas-phase and surface diffusion enabled us to (i) validate useful approximate methods for the more economical evaluation of network permeability and (ii) demonstrate certain important characteristic effects of nonrandom bidisperse pore structure on transport behavior and their …


Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data For The Nh3-H2o System And Its Description With A Modified Cubic Equation Of State, Thomas M. Smolen, David B. Manley, Bruce E. Poling Apr 1991

Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data For The Nh3-H2o System And Its Description With A Modified Cubic Equation Of State, Thomas M. Smolen, David B. Manley, Bruce E. Poling

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

New pressure-temperature-overall composition vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data are reported for the ammonia-water system at five temperatures between 20 and 140 °C and up to 500 pela. These data have been converted to T-P-x data, and vapor-phase compositions have been calculated by means of a Rediich-Kwong equation of state modified to Include Peneloux's volume translation and a density-dependent mixing rule. In order to achieve agreement of calculated vapor-phase compositions with previous literature results, H was necessary to use different kij values In the vapor and liquid phases. © 1991, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.


Unreachable Roots For Global Homotopy Continuation Methods, Soo Hyoung Choi, Neil L. Book Jan 1991

Unreachable Roots For Global Homotopy Continuation Methods, Soo Hyoung Choi, Neil L. Book

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Increased Separation By Variable-Temperature Stepwise Desorption In Multicomponent Adsorption Processes, Suvit Kulvaranon, Marshall E. Findley, Athanasios I. Liapis Jan 1990

Increased Separation By Variable-Temperature Stepwise Desorption In Multicomponent Adsorption Processes, Suvit Kulvaranon, Marshall E. Findley, Athanasios I. Liapis

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

When more components than desired are adsorbed, adsorption-desorption separation processes may not be satisfactory. However, in the cases of ethanol and water adsorption on activated carbon, propane and propylene adsorption on molecular sieves, and hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and propane adsorption on molecular sieves, it has been found that a variable-temperature stepwise desorption (VTSD) procedure following the adsorption stage can significantly increase the degree of separation achieved compared to a complete desorption of all adsorbed components. Studies indicate that these increased separations are in part due to nonequilibrium effects. An estimation of economic factors in separating low concentration propylene in …


Oxygen Tension Profiles In Tumors Predicted By A Diffusion With Absorption Model Involving A Moving Free Boundary, B. H. Arve, Athanasios I. Liapis Jan 1988

Oxygen Tension Profiles In Tumors Predicted By A Diffusion With Absorption Model Involving A Moving Free Boundary, B. H. Arve, Athanasios I. Liapis

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The dynamic behavior of the oxygen tension distribution in tumors during radiotherapy is studied by the development and solution of a diffusion with absorption model involving a moving free boundary. The oxygen uptake rates within the tumor are considered to be functions of the oxygen concentration and results are presented for zeroth-, half-, first- and second-order rates of absorption, as well as when the rate of oxygen absorption is described by the Michaelis-Menten expression. The results presented in this work may be used together with the data from the oxygen radiosensitivity curve of a tumor, in order to determine the …


Letters To The Editor, Partho Neogi Jan 1987

Letters To The Editor, Partho Neogi

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Modeling And Analysis Of Biospecific Adsorption In A Finite Bath, B. H. Arve, Athanasios I. Liapis Jan 1987

Modeling And Analysis Of Biospecific Adsorption In A Finite Bath, B. H. Arve, Athanasios I. Liapis

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A general model is presented and used to predict the dynamic behavior of the adsorption and wash stages of bio specific adsorption (affinity chromatography) in a finite bath. The model accounts for film and diffusional mass transfer resistances as well as for the rates of interaction between adsorbates and ligands. The model is applicable to single and multicomponent bio specific as well as nonspecific adsorption, and the adsorbates may be monovalent or multivalent. The predictions of the model are compared with the experimental data of the adsorption of β‐galactosidase onto immobilized anti‐β‐galactosidase. The results of bio specific adsorption of bivalent …


Linear Process Calculations As Convergence Accelerators In Flowsheet‐Sequenced Programs, S. M. Milani, Marshall E. Findley Jan 1986

Linear Process Calculations As Convergence Accelerators In Flowsheet‐Sequenced Programs, S. M. Milani, Marshall E. Findley

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Linear process calculations were developed for use in conjunction with flow‐sheet‐sequenced calculations, as methods of convergence acceleration. Two such methods were compared with the successive substitution and Wegstein methods on relatively simple processes. "Linear Process Simulation," which requires user‐derived equations, produced the best results. Copyright © 1986 American Institute of Chemical Engineers


Solution To The Piecewise Linear Continuous Random Initial Value Problem For Burgers' Equation, Yin Chin Shih, X. B. Reed, Jr. Jan 1985

Solution To The Piecewise Linear Continuous Random Initial Value Problem For Burgers' Equation, Yin Chin Shih, X. B. Reed, Jr.

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A closed form solution to Burgers' equation on an infinite domain has been obtained for "random sawtooth" continuous initial conditions defined on a finite domain. The "turbulent" solution is then used to compute statistical measures such as skewness and flatness factors, energy decay rates, and the temporal evolution of velocity autocorrelations and energy spectra. © 1985 American Institute of Physics.


An Analysis Of The Lyophilization Process Using A Sorption‐Sublimation Model And Various Operational Policies, M. J. Millman, Athanasios I. Liapis, J. M. Marchello Jan 1985

An Analysis Of The Lyophilization Process Using A Sorption‐Sublimation Model And Various Operational Policies, M. J. Millman, Athanasios I. Liapis, J. M. Marchello

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The freeze‐drying process is studied under various operational policies through the use of a sorption‐sublimation model. The operational policy that provides the shortest drying times keeps the pressure at its lowest value. The upper and lower heating plates are independently controlled so that the material constraints are encountered and held throughout the free water removal phase. Under certain conditions, and for the case of samples of small thickness, the sorbed water profiles may have segments whose bound water concentrations are higher than those at the start of the free water removal phase. It is shown that the criterion used in …


Structural Analysis And Solution Of Systems Of Algebraic Design Equations, N. (Neil) L. Book, W. F. Ramirez Jan 1984

Structural Analysis And Solution Of Systems Of Algebraic Design Equations, N. (Neil) L. Book, W. F. Ramirez

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A new method for expressing the structure of a system of equations is developed using a type of occurrence matrix entitled the functionality matrix. The functionality matrix indicates not only the occurrence of variables in equations but also the functional form in which they occur. Since the difficulty of solving an equation for a variable is related to its functional form, analysis of the functionality matrix provides explicit information on the difficulty of solution of the solution of the equation. A methodology for the solution of design problems by digital computers is described. This methodology operates on the functionality matrix …


Energy Storage Capacity Of Reversible Liquid‐Phase Diels Alder Reaction Between Maleic Anhydride And 2‐Methyl Furan, B. G. Sparks, Bruce E. Poling Jan 1983

Energy Storage Capacity Of Reversible Liquid‐Phase Diels Alder Reaction Between Maleic Anhydride And 2‐Methyl Furan, B. G. Sparks, Bruce E. Poling

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Calorimetry was used to determine the heat of reaction and equilibrium constant at 318 K for the reaction between maleic anhydride (A) and 2‐methyl furan (B). The values were −60 kJ/gmol and 614 cm3/gmol, respectively. The motivation for this work was to find a single phase‐reacting system that could be used to store solar energy. Thus, the energy storage capacity was calculated for a mixture of A and B, both initially at 7 kmol/m3, in dioxane. The maximum apparent heat capacity of 7.37 J/cm3·K occurred at 334 K. This maximum value is 76% higher than the heat capacity of pure …


Approximate Solutions For Distillation Rating And Operating Problems Using The Smoker Equations, Raymond C. Waggoner, Terry L. Tolliver Nov 1982

Approximate Solutions For Distillation Rating And Operating Problems Using The Smoker Equations, Raymond C. Waggoner, Terry L. Tolliver

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Algorithms for rapid solution of implicit variables in the Smoker design equations are presented. The accuracy of these solutions in the context of distillation rating and operating problems Is evaluated for distillation systems where more rigorous physical property assumptions are known to apply. Alternative methods of initially fitting the Smoker equations to rigorous tray-by-tray material and energy balance calculations as well as methods extending the procedure to handle multicomponent systems are discussed. These methods are well suited for many optimization, reliability, and control studies as well as for the fast real-time calculations such as interactive computations or on-line control. © …


Vapor Pressures Of Some C4 Hydrocarbons And Their Mixtures, Judith L. Flebbe, David A. Barclay, David B. Manley Jan 1982

Vapor Pressures Of Some C4 Hydrocarbons And Their Mixtures, Judith L. Flebbe, David A. Barclay, David B. Manley

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New experimental vapor pressures for the six binary systems containing 1,3-butadlene, n-butane, trans -2-butene, and c/s-2-butene at temperatures from 278 to 358 K are reported. Relative volatilities were calculated by using the Isothermal general coexistence equation. © 1982, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.