The Optimum Reflux Ratio (R 0) is that at which the total cost of the distillation is a minimum, taking into account the capital cost of the column (which depends on the number of theoretical plates) and running cost, which depends on the reflux ratio.ithin the 40 to 140 molecular weight range, distillation is used. In 1992, Darton estimated the world-wide throughput of distillation columns as Oil Refining, 5 billion tonnes per year and petrochemicals, 130 million tonnes per year.
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Data, or facts, may be derived from several sources. Data can be classified as primary data and secondary data. Primary data is data gathered for the first time by the researcher; secondary data is data taken by the researcher from secondary sources, internal or external.e shall therefore discuss secondary data first and then take up primary data. Secondary data is of two kinds, internal and external. Secondary data â whether internal or external â is data already collected by others, for purposes other than the solution of the problem on hand.