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Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

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ISBN:9781259696527

Author:J.M. Smith Termodinamica en ingenieria quimica, Hendrick C Van Ness, Michael Abbott, Mark Swihart

Publisher:J.M. Smith Termodinamica en ingenieria quimica, Hendrick C Van Ness, Michael Abbott, Mark Swihart

Chapter1: Introduction

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A mixture of A (more volatile) and B is separated in a plate distillation column. In two separate tests run with a saturated-liquid feed of 40 mol% A, the following compositions, in mol% A, were obtained for samples of liquid and vapor streams from three consecutive stages between the feed and total condenser at the top:Determine the reflux ratio and overhead composition in each case,assuming that the column has more than three stages.

Mol% A
Test 1
Test 2
Stage
Vapor
Liquid
Vapor
Liquid
M+2
79.5
68.0
75.0
68.0
M+1
74.0
60.0
68.0
60.5
67.9
51.0 60.5 53.0

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