sanjay srivastav - 13-10-2015 at 23:57
can a Dean Stark apparatus be used for indutrial production/ bulk production.
Detonationology - 14-10-2015 at 03:56
I've never heard of this being called a "Dean-Stark" but it just looks like a fractional distillation incorporating a reflux condenser. You should be
able to scale the concept up to the large scale. Fractional distillation is used all the time in brewing.
deltaH - 14-10-2015 at 04:00
Yes it can, use a horizontal reflux drum with the distillation column with a weir on it to convert it into a continuous liquid-liquid decanter and
return the appropriate stream as reflux to the top of your distillation column.
[Edited on 14-10-2015 by deltaH]
Magpie - 14-10-2015 at 07:44
Yes. I give an industrial example separating water and turpentine here:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=62020#...
zed - 14-10-2015 at 14:16
Probably. But, it is usually utilized in "batch" type processes.
You can use this system to drive a reaction by removing water, one batch at a time.
http://www.chem-ilp.net/apparatus/DeanStark.htm
http://www.icsglobal.co.in/ls_residualsaturations.htm
[Edited on 14-10-2015 by zed]
sanjay srivastav - 15-10-2015 at 22:06
I did it once by making a MS Dean Stark apparatus almost of 2 feet hight, on a chemical pulp containg n-butanol and water. It was very impressive for
the purpose.