This book familiarizes the reader with the multitude of tools available for diagnosing distillation tower problems and provides the reader with good application guidelines derived from real world experiences of the author. The book describes what each tool can and cannot do, provides insight on how different ideas and theories can be tested using these tools, share the experience of how to correctly interpret the results provided by each technique, and guide the reader to a multitude of additional testing that they can perform to bring them closer to a correct diagnosis and an effective fix.
Each technique is illustrated with real case studies and an extensive "do and don'ts" list based on the author's vast 45-year experience.