If 1000kg/h of nicotine-water solution containing Iwt% nicotine is to be counter currently extracted with kerosene at 20°C to reduce the nicotine content 0.1 wt%, determine the number of theoretical stages required if 1150 kg of kerosene/h is used.
If 1000kg/h of nicotine-water solution containing Iwt% nicotine is to be counter currently extracted with kerosene at 20°C to reduce the nicotine content 0.1 wt%, determine the number of theoretical stages required if 1150 kg of kerosene/h is used.
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Transcribed Image Text:If 1000kg/h of nicotine-water solution containing Iwt% nicotine is to be counter
currently extracted with kerosene at 20°C to reduce the nicotine content 0.1 wt%,
determine the number of theoretical stages required if 1150 kg of kerosene/h is used.
X
Y
kg nicotine 0
kg water
kg nicotine
kg kerosene
0.001011 0.00246 0.00502 0.00751
0 0.000807
0.001961 0.00456 0.00686
0.00998 0.0204
0.00913
0.0187
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