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Influence of tray geometry on scaling up distillation efficiency from laboratory data

Publicated to:Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 38 (7): 2747-2753 - 1999-07-01 38(7), DOI: 10.1021/ie980793m

Authors: López, F; Castells, F

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Universität Rovira i Virgili, Carretera Salou s/n, 43006 Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper studies the effect of tray geometry (especially hole diameter) and liquid tray composition on tray efficiency in a bench-scale distillation column. The results of this study are used for scaling up tray efficiency. Two binary systems, ethanol/water and cyclohexane/n-heptane, were considered. The operating conditions were atmospheric pressure and total reflux. For each one, two different hole diameters (small and large) were also tested. Kirschbaum's industrial data (1962) for the ethanol/water system and of Yanagi and Sakata's (1982) for the cyclohexane/ n-heptane system were considered as reference values. The results show the importance of reproducing the hole diameter and liquid tray composition in small trays for using laboratory data to predict large tray efficiency. © 1999 American Chemical Society.

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AlcoholArticleAtmospheric pressureBinary mixtureBinary mixturesCompositionControlled studyCyclohexaneDistillationDistillation columnsGeometryHeptaneLaboratoryLiquidLiquid tray compositionOrganic compoundsPressureProductivityScalingTray geometryWater

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 1999, it was in position 10/110, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Chemical.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-12:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-12:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (López Bonillo, Francisco) and Last Author (Castells Piqué, Francesc).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been López Bonillo, Francisco and Castells Piqué, Francesc.