AbouttheSeparationsSpreadsheets

MarkBurnsUniversityofMichigan

Prof.MarkBurnsattheUniversityofMichiganhascreated,withthehelpofJamesSungandWilburWoo,
undergraduatestudentsinthedepartment(nowgraduated).Altogether,thereare15differentEXCEL
spreadsheetsthatMarkmakesavailabletostudentsinhisrequiredundergraduateSeparationsProcesses
course,ChE344.

Eachspreadsheetsiswrittentosolveageneralclassofproblems,sothatstudentscansolveawidevariety
ofassignedproblemswithdifferentinputparameters,andalsoseeinstantlytheeffectsofparameter
variation.

The15sheets,allinthefoldernamesBruns_Separations_Sheetsare:

SheetName ProblemClass

Absorption_(Specify_gas).xls Absorptioninpackedcolumns,(countercurrent,gasspecified)

Absorption_(Specify_liquid).xls Absorptioninpackedcolumns,(countercurrent,gasspecified)

Binary_Vapor/Liquid_Equil.xls Binaryvaporliquidequilibriumdataforseveralcompounds
Ethanol/Water(1atm),Ammonia/Water(100psia),,
Acetone/Water(1atm),Propane/Butane(150psia),
nButane/IPentane(120psia)

CC_Distribution_(Staged,gas).xls Countercurrentdistribution(staged,specifygas)

CC_Distribution(Staged,liq).xls CountercurrentDistribution(staged,specifyliquid)

CC_Distribution_(Linear).xls CountercurrentorCocurrentDistribution(liquidequilibrium)

CC_Distribution_(Nonlinear).xls CountercurrentDistribution(nonlinearequilibrium)

Distill_(alpha,EML).xls Distillation(constantrelativevolatility,liquidtrayefficiencies)

Distill_(alpha,EMV).xls Distillation(constantrelativevolatility,vaportrayefficiencies)

Distill_(alpha,heat).xls DistillationusingthePonchonSavaritmethodwithalpha

Distill_(data).xls DistillationusingtheMcCabeThielemethodwithequilibriumdata
points

Distill_(data,heat).xls DistillationusingthePonchonSavaritmethodwithequilibriumand
enthalpydatapoints

FeedTrayMislocation(alpha).xls DistillationusingtheMcCabeThielemethodwithfeedtraydislocation

Liquid_Liquid_Extraction.xls Countercurrentliquid/liquidextraction

Multiple_Feeds_(alpha).xls DistillationusingtheMcCabeThielemethodwithmultiplefeeds