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The separation of close boiling mixture cannot be achieved by conventional distillation methods as itpossesses various properties such as, the constituents of mixture boils at same temperature by forming azeotrope.Spinning band distillation is one of the methods to separate close boiling mixtures. Spinning band distillation can beeffective as it does not require any solvent or other component for the separation. The separation close boiling mixturescan be achieved by this with good efficiency. Spinning band distillation creates intimate contact between vapors andcondensate in a dynamic process the helical pumping action of band forces refluxing liquid down with an intimatecontact of the vapor going up the column which results in better efficiency in short distillation column. In the presentstudy spinning band distillation column has been fabricated and used for the study on separation of acetic acid-watermixture. After experimental work got results as 91% water found in distillate and 64% water found in bottoms from theequal volume feed mixture.

Pratik P. Savarkar, Swapnil G. Kharade, Pooja P. Talap, Sona R. Moharir, M.A.Suryawanshi, “Study of Spinning Band Distillation Column”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 1060-1065, April 2017.