Continuous Distillation Pilot Plant Technical Education Equipment

UDC Continuous Distillation Pilot Plant Technical Education Equipment

The solution having to be distilled, stored in a glass tank, is sent to the distillation column by a metering pump after crossing a pre-heating exchanger. The distillation column is completely made of glass and it consists of a reboiler, of a bubble-cap-tray column and of a condenser with reflux head and valve.
Training program
This unit enables to deepen the following issues:
• Distillation of different mixtures (water / ethanol, water / methanol, methanol / propanol, etc…) versus the variation of the following operational parameters:
• reflux ratio
• feeding flow rate
• reboiler heating power
• feeding composition
• residual pressure
• Mass balance
• Energy balance
• Flooding

• Calculation of the number of theoretical trays
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Mod. UDC
• Framework of AISI 304 stainless steel with castors
• Distillation column of borosilicate glass with 7 bubble cap trays, DN50, h = 600 mm
• Reboiler of borosilicate glass, with capacity of 3 l, including electric heater of 1600 W
• Condenser of borosilicate glass with reflux head
• Feeding tank of borosilicate glass with capacity of 5 l
• Tank of borosilicate glass with capacity of 1 l for the collection of distillate
• Tank of borosilicate glass with capacity of 2 l for the collection of bottom product
• 3 tube-in-tube heat exchangers of AISI 304 stainless steel
• Metering pump with head of AISI 316 stainless steel, flow rate of 0 to 8.5 l/h
• 6 thermoresistances Pt100 with sheath of AISI 316 stainless steel
• 6 electronic indicators

• Thyristor unit for controlling the power of reboiler electric heater
• 2 programmable timers for the control of reflux ratio
• Variable area flowmeter of glass and steel, with range of 25 to 250 l/h (for mod. UDC, only)
• Vacuum gauge of AISI 304 stainless steel, with range of 0 to -1 bar
• Vacuum circuit with trap of AISI 304 stainless steel
• Piping and valves of AISI 304 and AISI 316 stainless steel
• Switchboard IP55, complying with EC conformity mark, including plant synoptic and ELCB
• Emergency button
Supply with
THEORETICAL – EXPERIMENTAL HANDBOOK