1. Chemical Engineering Explained
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Chemical Engineering Explained
Supplementary File: Chapter 9

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Figure 9.1 Vapour–liquid separator, or knock-out pot, used to separate vapours and liquids.

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Figure 9.2 Knock-out pot used to remove water droplets from the natural-gas stream.

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Figure 9.3 Simplified block flow diagram of a distillation column together with its condenser and reboiler.

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Figure 9.4 Bubble cap distillation column of nine trays used to separate components with different boiling points.

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Figure 9.5 Packing material used in distillation and absorption columns (a) random packing; (b) structured packing.

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Figure 9.6 The two large distillation columns used to remove impurities from the methanol. The taller column is 53 m high and filled with structured
packing.

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Figure 9.7 Gas cyclone separator used to separate solid particles such as dust from
air or other gases.

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Figure 9.8 Bubble cap plate or tray absorber column for the selective removal of one or more components from the gas stream.

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Figure 9.9 Packed column.

11. Figure 9.10 Spray absorber column.
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Figure 9.10 Spray absorber column.

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Figure 9.11 Centrifugal separator of a type used in the dairy industry to separate cream from skim milk.

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Figure 9.12 Four centrifugal separators used to separate skim milk, cream and other material such as hairs and dead cells. In each unit, the large conical vessel is the centrifugal separator, the cylinder projecting to the right is the enclosed motor and the upright cylinder in the foreground is the sediment cyclone.

14. Figure 9.13 A synthetic cation ion-exchange resin.
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Figure 9.13 A synthetic cation ion-exchange resin.

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Figure 9.15 Typical equilibrium data at three solution concentrations for the exchange between Na+ and Ca2+ ions.

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Figure 9.16 Cross section of an ion-exchange vessel. The resin bed can usually be no deeper than 1.5 m.

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Figure 9.17(a) Concentration profiles for the operation of an ion-exchanger: column concentration profiles down the length of the bed at four times.

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Figure 9.17(b) Concentration profiles for the operation of an ion-exchanger column: bed effluent concentration showing breakthrough point.

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Figure 9.18 Ion-exchange column 1 is being regenerated while column 2 is being exhausted.

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Figure 9.19 Power station condensate polisher. (Used with permission of Stanwell, Australia).