Answer to Question #130332 in Organic Chemistry for Ahmar

Question

) Design a continuous distillation column to recover benzene from a mixture of A mole % benzene and the rest is toluene. The top product contains B mole % benzene and the bottom product contains C mole % benzene. The column is operated at atmospheric pressure and the feed enters in to the column as saturated liquid. The reflux ratio is 40% excess of minimum value. Select a suitable tray and column internals with appropriate.
i) Calculate the molar flow rate of distillate and residue from total mass balance equation and average molecular weight of feed, distillate and residue

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ii) Determine the average vapor flow rate in the enriching section [10]
iii) Discuss how flow parameter is used to determine the Capacity factor and justify the importance of flow parameter for estimation of flood gas velocity through net area

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Student No 150120
Mole % Benzene in Feed 39
(A) Mole % Benzene in Top Product 94
(B) Mole % Benzene in Bottom Product 2
(C)

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