Big distillation column

Description

The glass distillation column was a donation made by Exxon Mobil in 1978. It is a standard glass distillation column with the main function of distilling ethanol/water mixtures. The column has 10 stages, custom made to include sample points on each stage. The column makes use of donut trays for each stage. Each stage is fitted with an RDT (resistance temperature detector) temperature measurement device. Column instrumentation include various Coriolis mass flow meters and refractive index analyzers. Feed plate 3 and feed plate 6 can be used to feed to the column.

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Contact people

For help with the Emerson control system (Delta V) the contact person as of 2018-12 is:

Name: Daniela Straulino

Company: Avenge ACS

Tel: +27-11-249-6700

Cell: +27-82-407-8590

E-mail: Daniela.Straulino@avenggroup.com

For other general maintenance concerns and instrumentation problems the contact person is:

Name: Andre Joubert

Company: SASOL

Cell : +27-82-905-0090

E-mail : Andre.Joubert@sasol.com

Documentation on previous projects

Documentation on past projects that were done on the distillation column can be found here.

Help documentation

Help on the Delta V system and how to use click here.