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Tutorial 4 Che422 Spring 2015

This document contains a tutorial sheet for a chemical engineering mass transfer course. It includes 8 practice problems related to liquid-liquid extraction processes. The problems cover topics like determining phase compositions and flow rates for single-stage and multi-stage extraction processes using provided equilibrium data. They also involve calculating minimum solvent requirements and the number of theoretical stages needed.

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Tutorial 4 Che422 Spring 2015

This document contains a tutorial sheet for a chemical engineering mass transfer course. It includes 8 practice problems related to liquid-liquid extraction processes. The problems cover topics like determining phase compositions and flow rates for single-stage and multi-stage extraction processes using provided equilibrium data. They also involve calculating minimum solvent requirements and the number of theoretical stages needed.

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UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
MASS TRANSFER II (CHE 422), DR. SABRI MRAYED

SPRING 2015

Tutorial Sheet # 4
1. An ethylene glycol-methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) solution that contains 40 wt% of ethylene
glycol and 60 wt% MEK is to be contacted with pure water in a continues single-stage
extraction process. The flow rate of the glycol solution and the water are 40 kg/min and 60
kg/min, respectively. (a) Determine the compositions of the extract and raffinate phases, and
(b) find the flow rate of each phase.
2.

For the system in problem (1), calculate the minimum and maximum amount of water for the
same operation and the corresponding extract and raffinate flow rate and compositions.

3.

Pure water is used to separate a chloroform-acetone mixture in a three-stage crosscurrent


extraction process. The feed contains 45 wt% chloroform and 55 wt % acetone, and flows at a
rate of 100 kg/min. Pure water is added each stage at a rate of 50 kg/min. (a) Determine the
compositions of the extract and raffinate phases for each stage, and (b) find the flow rate for
the streams leaving the contactors. The extraction process is carried out at 25 C.
Equilibrium data are as follows:
Mutual solubility data
Acetone

Water

Chloroform

57.3

7.3

35.4

60.5

11

28.5

60

18

22

59.2

23

17.8

58.5

27

14.5

56.6

32.4

11

55.5

34.4

10

54

37.4

8.6

53.2

38.8

51.6

41.4

49

45.4

5.6

Tie-line data
Solvent layer (wt%)

Raffinate layer (wt %)

Acetone

Water

Chloroform

Acetone

Water

Chloroform

96

90

8.3

90.5

1.2

23.7

1.3

75

4.

13.5

85

1.5

32

1.6

66.4

17.4

81

1.6

38

60

22.1

76.1

1.8

42.5

2.5

55

31.9

66

2.1

50.5

4.5

45

44.5

51

4.5

57

35

1000 kg/h of a 45 wt% acetone in water solution is be extracted at 25 C in a continuous,


countercurrent system with pure 1,1,2-trichloroethane to obtain a raffinate containing 10 wt%
acetone. Using the following equilibrium data, determine with upright triangle diagram: (a)
determine the minimum flow rate of solvent, (b) the number of stages required for a solvent
rate equal to 2 times the minimum, and (c) the flow rate and compositions of each stream
leaving each stage.
LLE

Water phase, wt%


Water Trichloroethane
(B )
(C)
35
10
43
7
57
3.00
68
2
79
1
89.5
0.5

Chloroform phase, wt%

Acetone
(A)
55
50
40
30
20
10

Water
(B )
13
4
3
2
1.5
1

Trichloroethane
(C)
27
46
57
68
78.5
89

Acetone
(A)
60
50
40
30
20
10

Tie-line data

Raffinate
Wt % acetone
44
29
12
5.

Extract
Wt %acetone
56
40
18

A water solution of 100 kg/h containing 1.5 wt % nicotine in water is stripped with a kerosene
stream of 2000 kg/h containing 0.05 wt % nicotine in a countercurrent stage tower. The exit
water is to contain only 10 % of the original nicotine. Calculate the number of theoretical
stages needed. (x is the wt fraction of nicotine in the water solution, and y is the wt fraction of
nicotine in the kerosene)
x

0.001010

0.000806

0.00746

0.00682

0.00246

0.001959

0.00988

0.00904

0.005

0.00454

0.0202

0.0185

6.

2 kg/s of a feed containing 60 wt % A and 40 wt % B is to be extracted by solvent C in crosscurrent extractor of three stages. The flow of solvent C is being 0.91 kg/s to each stage. What
are the compositions and flow rates of the raffinate and extract leaving the third stage?
Equilibrium data
Raffinate phase wt%

Extract phase wt%

70

25

71.6

4.8

33.6

60

37

62.6

2.5

34

50

52

3.1

.9

40

58.5

1.5

41.9

3.1

55

30

68.5

1.5

31.9

65.1

20

79

22

2.9

75.1

10

89

11.1

2.1

86.8

7.

If counter current operation is used for the same conditions of the feed in problem (5) (2 kg/s
of composition 60% A and 40 % B) and the total amount of solvent C (3 0.91 kg/s) and if the
maximum concentration of A in the final raffinate leaving is as in the cross-current operation
described in problem 5. Show whether or not the number of stages increase, decrease, or the
same as in problem 5.

8.

A feed of 13500 kg/h consists of 8 wt% acetic acid in water. Acetic acid will be removed from
the solution by extraction with pure methyl isobutyl ketone at 298 K. If the raffinate is to
contain only 1 wt % of acetic acid, estimate the kilograms/hour of solvent required if a single
stage used. Assume that water and methyl isobutyl ketone are insoluble. Fir this system [y =
0.657 x], where y is kg of acetic acid per kg of methyl isobutyl ketone, and x is the kg of
acetic acid per kg of water.

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