Batch Distillation Pilot Plant Technical Education Equipment

UDB Batch Distillation Pilot Plant Technical Education Equipment

The distillation column is made completely 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…) at atmospheric pressure, versus the variation of the following operational parameters:
• reflux ratio
• reboiler heating power
• bottom composition
• vacuum degree
• Mass balance
• Energy balance
• Flooding
• Calculation of the number of theoretical trays
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Mod. UDB

• 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 5 l, including electric heater of 1600 W
• Condenser of borosilicate glass with reflux head
• Tank of borosilicate glass for the collection of distillate with capacity of 1 l
• Tube-in-tube heat exchangers of AISI 304 stainless steel
• 6 thermoresistances Pt100 with sheath of AISI 316 stainless steel
• 6 board-type electronic temperature 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. UDB, 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 316 stainless steel
• Switchboard IP55, complying with EC conformity mark, including plant synoptic and ELCB
• Emergency button
Supply with
THEORETICAL – EXPERIMENTAL HANDBOOK