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Performance of packings for water distillation
Author(s) -
Chuang K. T.,
Miller A. I.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450660304
Subject(s) - wetting , distillation , materials science , ring (chemistry) , chemical engineering , chromatography , composite material , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry
Distillation of water has been investigated in packed columns of 300, 500 and 750 mm diameter. Both ordered packings (Goodloe, Mellapak and Sulzer CY) and random packings (Hy‐Pak, Mini‐ring and Pall‐ring) were studied and performance compared. It was found that, with surface treatments, phosphor bronze packings show good performance and insignificant scale‐up factors. Plastic materials are not suitable for water distillation because of their poor wetting characteristics.