START

IF
I=A

WILL INVOLVE
VERY HGH/LOW
FLOWRATE

PACKED
COLUMN

INPUT=I
SELECT TYPE OF DUTY:

WILL HAVE HIGH

VISCOSITY
COMPONENTS

A.) CORROSIVE DUTY

B.) DIRT (SOLIDS, FOULING) OR SUBJEC TO
MECHANICAL/THERMAL STRESS

IF
I=B

C.) HEAT SENSITIVE/ LOW VISCOSITY/ HIGH

FOULING OR FOAM ING TENDENCIES

SPECIAL
CORROSION
APPLICAITON

TRAY
COLUMN
Y

PACKED
COLUMN

TRAY
COLUMN W/
CORROSION
RESISTANT
MATERIALS

D.) GASES TO LIQUIDS

VERY LOW
PRESSURE
DROP

E.) WITH REACTION

IF
I=C

USE BUBBLE
CAP TRAY

VACUUM
DISTILLATION

LOW VAPOR
RATE?

IF
I=D

SPECIFIED
TURNDOWN
RATIO?

USE
RANDOM
PACKING

STRUCTURED
PACKING

X-AXIS:
(L/V) (VAPOR
DENSITY/LIQUID
DENSITY)^0.5

LOW CHANCES
OF FOULING

CRYOGENIC
DISTILLATIO
N

WOVEN
STRUCTURED
PACKING

CURVE:
SET THE EXPECTED
PRESSURE DROP

SIEVE TRAYS

IF
I=E

VALVE
TRAYS

GRID
STRUCTURED
PACKING

MODERATE-HIGH P
DISTILLATION: 3263 mmH2O / FT
PCKING

REACTIVE
DISTILLATION

VACUUM
DISTILLATION: 8-16
mmH2O / FT
PACKING

NO APPLICABLE
PROCESS.
PLEASE TRY
AGAIN.

LOOK AT
CORRESPONDDING
Y VALUE

MAKE A POINT
USING X AND
CURVE VALUE

MASS VELOCITY
G=((y*(pv (Pl pv)/
ICFV^0.1))

CROSS SECTIONAL
AREA
ACS. = VAPOR
FLOW/ C2

COLUMN DIAMETER
D= (Ac, S(4)/N)^0.5

CHOOSE
PACKINGS

MULTIPLY THEO.
STAGES TO HETP

DETERMINE
COLUMN
HEIGHT

HIGHLY
CORROSIVE?

Distillation Column Selection

METAL
PACKINGS

HIGH TEMP.?

CERAMIC
PACKINGS

PLASTIC
PACKINGS

WET
PACKING

SUBMITTED BY
Hernando, Kimberly
Villanueva, Kristine Ann

SUBMITTED TO
Engr. Crizaldy V. Tugade

DETERMINE
COLUMN
DIAMETER USING
SHERWOOD
CORRELATION
(GRAPH)

INCREASE
CAPACITY OF
EXISTING
COLUMN

Y
ON PACKING
THE
COLUMN

PACKINGS ARE
BREAKAGE
PRONE?

DRY
PACKING