a long vertical cylinder used in fractional distillation, in which internal reflux enables separation of high and low boiling fractions to take place
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fractionating column
It includes an ethanol condenser, a wash pre-heater, a main exhaust heat exchanger as well as a fractionating column.
Yuelei Yang, Dan Zhang, Kevin Boots 2012, 'A Sustainable Ethanol Distillation System', Sustainabilityhttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/1/92/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)