What is the Distillation Pack?
The Distillation Pack consists of software based on a dynamic simulator as the main teaching material, together with supplementary materials such as workbooks that help trainees better understand the course content and instructor slides developed so that instructors can teach the material clearly. Trainees acquire the vapor-liquid equilibrium relationships that form the principle of distillation, as well as the basic theory of distillation, through simulator operation of a methanol distillation plant. By operating the simulator with their own hands, trainees gain an experiential understanding of distillation theory and of the various diagrams widely used in chemical engineering.
Target Processes
Flash Drum
As a foundation for distillation, trainees learn how temperature and pressure affect separation through vapor-liquid separation in a flash drum.
Methanol Distillation Plant
Through startup operation exercises for distillation facilities, trainees acquire and consolidate their knowledge of the underlying principles. Using startup operation as the subject, they also develop the ability to work out operating procedures for distillation facilities themselves.
Target Users and Expected Benefits
This pack aims to help staff in production (plant operators, process engineers) learn the principles and theory of distillation and the handling of distillation facilities. It also aims to help staff in maintenance (maintenance personnel, mechanical and instrumentation engineers) deepen their understanding of plant facilities and their operation. Target users are:
- Those who want to learn the basic theory of the principles of distillation, the role of each item of equipment making up the facility, and equipment design
- Those who have already studied distillation but want to deepen their understanding by relating their knowledge to the behavior of actual distillation facilities
- Those who want to learn a full sequence of startup operations for distillation equipment (flash drum, continuous distillation column) and the thinking behind those procedures