This book highlights the aspects that need to be considered when designing distillation columns in practice. It discusses the influencing parameters as well as the equations governing them, and presents several numerical examples. The book is intended both for experienced designers and for those who are new to the subject.

Dr.Nitsche has more than 40 years experience in planning chemical and oil plants. During his career he has designed and built several chemical plants. Dr.Nitsche`s extensive experience includes designing and building distillation units,storage tank farms, stirred tank reactor facilitates, air purification to reduce  emissions and absorption or stripping units for various applications.

Mr. Gbadamosi has over 40 years of experience working in the design of Mass and Heat Transfer Process Plants. His areas of specialization include: Design of Mass and Heat Transfer Processes Plants, Process Optimization, Feasibility Studies and  Flowsheeting.