Distillation remains a backbone technology in the chemical process industry despite its historically high energy consumption. In recent years, research has focused on improving the thermal efficiency ...

Natural water contains minute concentrations of ‘heavy’ oxygen and hydrogen. Water enriched in these heavy isotopes is critical for a range of specific applications in medicine and nuclear science, ...

Distillation columns are extensively deployed in the chemical process industries when there is a need for separation of components that have different boiling points. Typically, a mixture of ...

Oxygen used in the medical setting is separated using several different methods including chemical reaction and fractional distillation. This oxygen is then either used immediately or stored for ...