A half-hour course comprising six videos that explain the basics of the topic.
View each lecture in sequence by clicking on it; that will invoke a short YouTube video.
Lecture 1: Defining the term
Lecture 2: Temperatures and Pressures
Lecture 3: Multiple Effect Distillation
Lecture 4: A Working Example
Lecture 5: SAM – a special device
Lecture 6: Heating pipes
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#1 Pass-through distillation is a short-hand way of saying
An evaporator connected to a gas absorption unit
Any two step distillation process
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#2 Liquids can be caused to boil at low temperatures through
Low absolute pressure
Photon interference
Energy destruction
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#3 PTD involves a multiple effect distillation train. The fluid fed to it is
The liquid feed to the process
cooling water
Absorbent fluid from the gas absorber
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#4 The front end evaporator in PTD gets its heat from
heat rejected by the absorber
electrical resistance heaters
plant steam
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#5 If a single effect distillation is replaced by PTD with a 3 effect desorber, energy savings should be on the order of
50%
75%
20%
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#6 An existing commercial device using a form of PTD is
an absorption chiller
a coffee percolator
a microwave oven
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#7 The above device becomes a PTD still when changed from
a hot system to a cool one
a low pressure system to a high pressure system
a closed system to an open system
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#8 A stripper/absorber module (SAM) simplifies a PTD apparatus by
using a modified condenser
the use of advanced fluid dynamics
combining evaporator and absorber in a single shell
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#9 PTD requires a vacuum pump to carry away gases that that were originally dissolved in the process feed. The inlet of the vacuum pump connects to a port near?Draw yourself a sketch before answering!
the liquid inlet of the absorber compartment
the inlet of the evaporator compartment
the liquid outlet of the absorber compartment
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#10 A SAM can be made elegantly simple in construction through the use of
teflon spacers
heat pipes
Copper tubing
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2 thoughts on “Welcome to PTD 101”
The answers for the quiz are :
”bcaabbabbb”
Very impressive Professor Ian. You have taken your education and marketing to a new level with your Linked-In network and video presentations.
However, we need to drive more traffic to your new website and professional YouTube videos. Accelerating the rate of technology transfer is the key to success.
Without studying for the exam which I wasn’t aware of before viewing this website and viewing your YouTube channel, I am going to wing it and give you my answers:
B,C,A,B,B,B,A,B,C,B
So I am curious, anyone contact you about using the PTD and SAM for a “Continuous Stirred pH-redox Auxostat and Ethanol Stripping Integrated with Wet Fractionation, Separate Hydrolysis, Enzyme-Cell Biomass Recycling & Closed Loop Biosystems Architecture” like we discussed and developed the concept for several years ago?
I have to admit, watching your videos and seeing how you have progressed in your PTD and SAM technology made me look back at what we discussed as contained in my compilation on the above concept. It would be nice to see it come to fruition one of these days.
We need to generate some sales and get a deep pockets investor on board to speed things along!
The answers for the quiz are :
”bcaabbabbb”
Very impressive Professor Ian. You have taken your education and marketing to a new level with your Linked-In network and video presentations.
However, we need to drive more traffic to your new website and professional YouTube videos. Accelerating the rate of technology transfer is the key to success.
Without studying for the exam which I wasn’t aware of before viewing this website and viewing your YouTube channel, I am going to wing it and give you my answers:
B,C,A,B,B,B,A,B,C,B
So I am curious, anyone contact you about using the PTD and SAM for a “Continuous Stirred pH-redox Auxostat and Ethanol Stripping Integrated with Wet Fractionation, Separate Hydrolysis, Enzyme-Cell Biomass Recycling & Closed Loop Biosystems Architecture” like we discussed and developed the concept for several years ago?
I have to admit, watching your videos and seeing how you have progressed in your PTD and SAM technology made me look back at what we discussed as contained in my compilation on the above concept. It would be nice to see it come to fruition one of these days.
We need to generate some sales and get a deep pockets investor on board to speed things along!