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A practical distillation design balances separation, energy use, stage or packing requirements, hydraulic capacity, feed location, operability, and cost rather than maximizing a single metric.
Verified against the full extracted text and rendered-page review; scope remains general distillation theory.
This is a general engineering claim, not a prescription for a particular distillery.
Supported by Vogelpohl’s unified distillation framework and explicit discussion of model limits, limiting flows, product feasibility, and practical design tradeoffs.
Created during full-source processing of Vogelpohl (2021); ready for exact locator linkage, but whiskey-specific application remains qualified.