Talk:Fenske equation

Expansion and copy editing of this article
I have just finished an extensive expansion and copy editing of this article as follows:


 * I retained the original equations although I changed some of the notation to more common chemical engineering usage.
 * I moved one of the forms of the Fenske equation to a separate section since it is a form which was derived for use in gas chromatography and is not the original form derived by Fenske in 1932.
 * I discussed the fact that the Fenske equation yields the minimum number of theoretical plates required to separate a binary feed by distillation when the distillation is performed at total reflux.
 * I added a diagram of a fractionating column operating at total reflux to illustrate what that means.
 * I added a mention that the reboiler is one of the theoretical plates.
 * I added a mention and citation to the fact that the Fenske equation can be modified to also handle multi-component feeds.
 * I have added documenting reference citations, using the, method.
 * I added some external links to replace those which were used as documenting reference citations.
 * I did quite a bit of Wikifying and copy editing.

I think the article is now fairly complete ... although I am sure others will add some edits. - mbeychok 00:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

US Naval Academy Reference??
Is the naval reference applicable for counter-current or co-current systems?

If no mention of liquid liquid extraction, I'll add a mention.

Bruce Schaller —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruceschaller (talk • contribs) 00:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC)