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This document contains instructions for an assignment on separation processes. It includes 4 multi-part questions about distillation column operations. Students are asked to determine specifications like component quantities and purity in products, number of theoretical stages, and plate requirements. Clear working is important, and units, assumptions, and diagrams should be shown for full marks. Equilibrium data is provided for benzene/toluene and acetone/acetic acid separations.

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Assignment-2 (2023) PDF

This document contains instructions for an assignment on separation processes. It includes 4 multi-part questions about distillation column operations. Students are asked to determine specifications like component quantities and purity in products, number of theoretical stages, and plate requirements. Clear working is important, and units, assumptions, and diagrams should be shown for full marks. Equilibrium data is provided for benzene/toluene and acetone/acetic acid separations.

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Faculty of Engineering

BEng Chemical Engineering


Year 2 Sem 4 – 2022-2023

SEPARATION PROCESS – 2
Assignment 2 (Unit II (Part-B))
Deadline: 20th Mar 2022

Total marks - 100 marks (20 marks each) (Weightage: 10% out of 100%)
No copying from friends. If find any two copies same, assign zero marks for both
weightage of marks for each question
Clearly stating relevant assumptions and sketching neat diagram (if applicable)
--------- 20% marks
Units --------- 10% marks
Correct formulae --------- 20% marks
Clear working steps --------- 40% marks
Able to get final answer --------- 10% marks

1. A fractionation column operating at 101 kPa is to separate 30 kg/h of a solution of benzene


and toluene containing 0.6 mass fraction toluene into an overhead product containing 0.97
mass fraction benzene and a bottoms product containing 0.98 mass fraction toluene. A
reflux ratio of 3.5 is to be used. The feed is liquid at its boiling point, feed is to the optimal
tray, and the reflux is at saturation temperature.
(a) Determine the quantity of top and bottom products.
(b) Determine the number of stages required.
Equilibrium data in mole fraction benzene at 101 kPa
y 0.21 0.37 0.51 0.64 0.72 0.79 0.86 0.91 0.96 0.98
x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.95

2. A continuous distillation operation with a reflux ratio (L/D) of 3.5 yields a distillate
containing 97 wt% B (benzene) and bottoms containing 98 wt% T (toluene). Due to weld
failures, the 10 plates in the bottom section of the column are ruined, but the 14 upper plates
are intact. It is suggested that the column still be used, with the feed (F) as saturated vapor
at the dew point, with F= 13,600 kg/h containing 40 wt% B and 60 wt% T. Assuming that
the plate efficiency remains unchanged at 50%:
(a) Can this column still yield a distillate containing 97 wt% B?
(b) How much distillate can we get, and
(c) What will the composition of the residue be in mole percent?

For vapor- liquid equilibrium data, same as Q1.

3. Propane is separated from propylene by distillation. The compounds have close boiling
points and the relative volatility will be low. For a feed composition of 10 per cent w/w
propane, 90 per cent w/w propylene, estimate the number of theoretical plates needed to
produce propylene overhead with a minimum purity of 99.5 mol per cent. The column will

Lecturer: Dr. Rama Rao Karri (Dr. Rao)


Faculty of Engineering
BEng Chemical Engineering
Year 2 Sem 4 – 2022-2023

operate with a reflux ratio of 20. The feed will be at its boiling point. Take the relative
volatility as constant at 1.1.

4. In a process for the manufacture of acetone, acetone is separated from acetic acid by
distillation. The feed to the column is 60 mol per cent acetone, the balance acetic acid. The
column is to recover 95 per cent of the acetone in the feed with a purity of 99.5 mol per
cent acetone. The column will operate at a pressure of 760 mmHg and the feed will be
preheated to 70 0 C.
For this separation, determine: (a) the number of minimum number of stages required, (b) the
minimum reflux ratio, (c) the number of theoretical stages for a reflux ratio 1.5 times the
minimum, (d) the number of actual stages if the plate efficiency can be taken as 60 per cent.

Equilibrium data for Acetone – Acetic Acid system at 760 mmHg mol fractions of acetone:

liquid phase 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
vapour phase 0.31 0.56 0.73 0.84 0.91 0.95 0.97 0.98 0.99
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Boiling point C 103.8 93.1 85.8 79.7 74.6 70.2 66.1 62.6 59.2

Lecturer: Dr. Rama Rao Karri (Dr. Rao)

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