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The distillation course is intended for students in the second year of the Master's degree in Process Engineering: Chemical Engineering option for semester 3.

To be admitted to this course, the student must have basic knowledge in fluid mechanics, mass and heat transfer and isothermal thermal separations.

The course aims to complete the knowledge of unit operations acquired in the bachelor's degree.

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

1. determine the limiting operating conditions of a binary and multi-component distillation column, such as the minimum reflux rate and the minimum number of plates.

2. Choose the optimal operating conditions of the column.

3. Be able to choose and size distillation columns by knowing how to choose the optimal position of the feed plate, calculate the theoretical number of plates using the McCabe and Thièle method as well as that of Ponchon and Savarit for the binary case.

4. Master the use of the abbreviated method for the case of multi-component mixtures.

5. Determine the overall efficiency of the column as well as the actual efficiency of the tray by the Murphree method in both liquid and gas phases.

Develop information management methods with the aim of structuring and capitalizing on data in order to quickly and faithfully access solutions allowing the evolution of the production process towards a clean process using the least amount of material and energy while taking into account environmental protection.

Développer des méthodes de gestion de l'information dans le but de structurer et de capitaliser les données afin d'accéder rapidement et fidèlement à des solutions permettant l'évolution du procédé de production vers un procédé propre utilisant le moins de matière et d’énergie tout en tenant compte de la protection de l’environnement.