Two computer programs were developed to teach separation processes and to solve related problems. The first, SEPTECH, uses the Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland method to find stage requirements and column operating parameters of a multicomponent distillation tower given feed stream information and desired product purities. The second program was designed to achieve specific educational goals. A robust educational program was developed that was a general, flexible, fast, understandable, and easy to use tool for problem solving. This program, MCTHIELE, utilizing McCabe-Thiele graphical solution techniques, was used in a senior level chemical engineering course and proved to be a very successful learning tool.
Russell Lawrence Natter (Thu,) studied this question.