About the Separations Spreadsheets
Mark Burns – University of Michigan
Prof. Mark Burns at the University of Michigan has created, with the help of James Sung and Wilbur Woo,
undergraduate students in the department (now graduated). Altogether, there are15 different EXCEL
spreadsheets that Mark makes available to students in his required undergraduate Separations Processes
course, ChE 344.
Each spreadsheets is written to solve a general class of problems, so that students can solve a wide variety
of assigned problems with different input parameters, and also see instantly the effects of parameter
variation.
The 15 sheets, all in the folder names Bruns_Separations_Sheets are:
Sheet Name
Problem Class
Absorption_(Specify_gas).xls
Absorption in packed columns, (countercurrent, gas specified)
Absorption_(Specify_liquid).xls
Absorption in packed columns, (countercurrent, gas specified)
Binary_Vapor/Liquid_Equil.xls
Binary vapor-liquid equilibrium data for several compounds
Ethanol/Water (1 atm), Ammonia/Water (100 psia),,
Acetone/Water (1 atm), Propane/Butane (150 psia),
n-Butane/I-Pentane (120 psia)
CC_Distribution_(Staged,gas).xls Countercurrent distribution (staged, specify gas)
CC_Distribution(Staged,liq).xls
Countercurrent Distribution (staged, specify liquid)
CC_Distribution_(Linear).xls
Countercurrent or Cocurrent Distribution (liquid equilibrium)
CC_Distribution_(Nonlinear).xls
Countercurrent Distribution (nonlinear equilibrium)
Distill_(alpha,EML).xls
Distillation (constant relative volatility, liquid tray efficiencies)
Distill_(alpha,EMV).xls
Distillation (constant relative volatility, vapor-tray efficiencies)
Distill_(alpha,heat).xls
Distillation using the Ponchon-Savarit method with alpha
Distill_(data).xls
Distillation using the McCabe-Thiele method with equilibrium data
points
Distill_(data,heat).xls
Distillation using the Ponchon-Savarit method with equilibrium and
enthalpy data points
FeedTrayMislocation(alpha).xls
Distillation using the McCabe-Thiele method with feed-tray dislocation
Liquid_Liquid_Extraction.xls
Counter-current liquid/liquid extraction
Multiple_Feeds_(alpha).xls
Distillation using the McCabe-Thiele method with multiple feeds