I have to separate a mixture of n-butanol and water. I know the common practice is two distillation columns with a decanter which I plan on doing but I was wondering what would be the best way to size my columns. Should I use something like the fenske/underwood method for equilibrium stages or...
I was just trying to decided which piece of equipment would be better suited for my process. I have a process of producing Succinic Acid by E. Coli fermentation and once the fermentation is complete I need to reduce the volume of my batch so I can concentrate the Succinic Acid. I first thought...
I have a process where I am steam stripping an ABE fermentation in the reaction vessel it was run in. I have had success in doing this it is just that it takes quite a while and I would like to decrease this time. I wanted to know a good way to possibly distribute the steam inside the vessel or...