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Four hundred and fifty lbmol/h of a mixture of 60 mol% benzene (LK) and 40 mol% toluene (HK) is to be separated into a liquid distillate and a liquid bottom product of 95 mol% and 5 mol% benzene, respectively. The feed enters the column with a molar percent vaporization equal to the distillate-to-feed ratio. Use McCabe-Thiele method to compute, at 1 atm (101.3 kPa): (a) Nmin, (b) Rmin, (c) Number of equilibrium stages N, for R/Rmin = 1.3, (d) The optimum feed-stage location

Four hundred and fifty lbmol/h of a mixture of 60 mol% benzene (LK) and 40 mol% toluene (HK) is to be separated into a liquid distillate and a liquid bottom product of 95 mol% and 5 mol% benzene, respectively. The feed enters the column with a molar percent vaporization equal to the distillate-to-feed ratio. Use McCabe-Thiele method to compute, at 1 atm (101.3 kPa): (a) Nmin, (b) Rmin, (c) Number of equilibrium stages N, for R/Rmin = 1.3, (d) The optimum feed-stage location

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Four hundred and fifty lbmol/h of a mixture of 60 mol% benzene (LK) and 40 mol% toluene (HK) is to be separated into a liquid distillate and a liquid bottom product of 95 mol% and 5 mol% benzene, respectively. The feed enters the column with a molar percent vaporization equal to the distillate-to-feed ratio. Use McCabe-Thiele method to compute, at 1 atm (101.3 kPa):
(a) Nmin,
(b) Rmin,
(c) Number of equilibrium stages N, for R/Rmin = 1.3,

(d) The optimum feed-stage location

 

 

Mole fraction of benzene in the vapor, y 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 O T Benzene-Toluene at 1 atm Equilibrium Curve 45° Line 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Mole fraction of benzene in the liquid, x
Transcribed Image Text:Mole fraction of benzene in the vapor, y 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 O T Benzene-Toluene at 1 atm Equilibrium Curve 45° Line 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Mole fraction of benzene in the liquid, x
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