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Distillation Example 4 and 5

A continuous fractionating column is needed to separate a mixture of water and ethanol with 0.35 mole fraction ethanol in the feed into a product with 0.80 mole fraction ethanol and waste with 0.02 mole fraction ethanol. A side stream with 0.5 mole fraction ethanol will be withdrawn at 25% of the feed flow. With a reflux ratio of 2 and liquid-phase feed at its boiling point, 14 theoretical plates are required, and the side stream should be withdrawn from the 2nd plate.

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Distillation Example 4 and 5

A continuous fractionating column is needed to separate a mixture of water and ethanol with 0.35 mole fraction ethanol in the feed into a product with 0.80 mole fraction ethanol and waste with 0.02 mole fraction ethanol. A side stream with 0.5 mole fraction ethanol will be withdrawn at 25% of the feed flow. With a reflux ratio of 2 and liquid-phase feed at its boiling point, 14 theoretical plates are required, and the side stream should be withdrawn from the 2nd plate.

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Example 4

A continuous fractionating column is required to separate a mixture of water and ethanol containing
0.35 ethanol to give a product containing 0.80 mole fraction ethanol and a waste of 0.02 mole fraction
ethanol. It is proposed to withdraw 25% of the feed stream as a side stream with a mole fraction of 0.5
mole fraction ethanol. If the feed is a liquid at its boiling point and a reflux ratio of 2 is used.

Determine:

Number of theoretical plates required


Position of the plate from which the side stream should be withdrawn

x 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
y 0.0 0.22 0.38 0.51 0.63 0.70 0.78 0.85 0.91 0.96 1.0

14 stages,
Side stream @ 2nd stage
Example 5

A mixture of water and methanol containing 0.16 mole fraction methanol is continuously distilled in a
plate column to give a product containing 0.77 mole fraction and a waste of 0.02 mole fraction
methanol. It is proposed to withdraw 8 kmol/h as a side stream with a mol fraction of 0.5 methanol. A
reflux ratio of 2 is applied.

Determine:

- Theoretical number of plates if feed is 100 kmol/h


- Location of feed and side stream

x 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1


y 0 0.48 0.59 0.64 0.69 0.74 0.78 0.81 0.86 0.92 1

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