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LabAandB. Purdue CHM306

The document outlines a series of lab experiments focused on vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) involving various models and conditions, including ideal and NRTL-2 models. It includes tasks such as reporting mole flow rates, analyzing the effects of feed conditions on product flow rates, and performing calculations for binary and ternary systems. Additionally, it covers simulations for butane/hexane and furfural mixtures, as well as methods for determining bubble and dew point temperatures.

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LabAandB. Purdue CHM306

The document outlines a series of lab experiments focused on vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) involving various models and conditions, including ideal and NRTL-2 models. It includes tasks such as reporting mole flow rates, analyzing the effects of feed conditions on product flow rates, and performing calculations for binary and ternary systems. Additionally, it covers simulations for butane/hexane and furfural mixtures, as well as methods for determining bubble and dew point temperatures.

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Lab A

1. T-XY and XY diagram with ideal model

2. Report vapor and liquid mole flow rates / drum temperature with ideal
Mole flow rates:

Temperatures:

3. T-XY and XY diagram with NRTL-2 model


4. Report vapor and liquid mole flow rates / drum temperature with NRTL-2
5. Report vapor and liquid mole flow rates / drum temperature for 10.0, 50.0
mol% ethanol

50% Ethanol (10% is part 4)


6. Report vapor and liquid mole flow rates / drum temperature for 0.4 and
0.8 vapor fraction
0.4 vapor fraction:

0.8 vapor fraction:

7. Answer questions in part 8


a) Is the feed entirely liquid?
 At 110 degrees Celsius and 50 psia, 110 degrees Celsius and 100 psia,
130 degrees Celsius and 100 psia, and at 151.5 degrees Celsius and
200 psia the feeds are entirely liquid. At 150 degrees Celsius and 100
psia and 151.5 Celsius and 100 psia the feeds are not entirely liquid.
b) When the feed is not entirely liquid, what happens to the liquid and vapor
product flowrates?
 The vapor product increases when the feed rate is not entirely liquid
and the liquid product flowrate decreases compared to the situation
when the feed rate is entirely liquid.
c) What is the effect of feed pressure?
 When the pressure of the feed increases, more liquid is converted to
vapor in the flash distillation drum.
d) Why are the two runs for part a) essentially identical, but runs d) and e)
give very different results?
 In part a) both conditions operate at a feed that is entirely a liquid
which affects the ability of the feed to flash. The difference in pressure
does not get the fluid close to the VLE.
 In part d and e however, the fluid gets close to its VLE. In part d the
change in temperature causes the feed to come in as a vapor and
liquid which changes the conditions of the drum. Then the pressure
change in part e causes the feed to revert back to entirely liquid.
8. Submit ternary problem with initial inputs (no need to vary things).

9. Answer questions in part 10


Reflect on the meaning of your results for both the binary and the ternary
flash systems.
a. Binary: How are the compositions of the vapor and liquid streams from
the flash system related? What is the role of the fraction vaporized?
How can you do the calculation by hand?
For a binary system an Tx-y diagram can represent the relationship between
a vapor and liquid streams at different temperatures in a flash distillation
system. The fraction vaporized tells us the amount of feed that gets
vaporized in the system which is a function of temperature and pressure. To
calculate the vapor fraction we can calculate the mole fraction of
components using mass balances or a diagram and then divide the mass of
the vapor over the mass of the feed.

b. Ternary: How are the compositions of the vapor and liquid streams from
the flash system related? What is the role of the fraction vaporized?
How can you do the calculation by hand? Note that the calculation
methods used for hand calculations will be different for the binary and
ternary systems, since the equilibrium data are available in different
forms (graphically for the binary and DePriester chart for the ternary)

For a ternary system Depriester can represent the relationship between


vapor and liquid streams with the K ratio. The vapor fraction represents a
combination of all components that leave overhead as vapor. To manually
calculate this values we can use depriester charts to find the temperature,
pressure or mole fraction of the components and use mass balances to solve
for the flowrates.

Lab B/ Part 1
1. Simulation part a) butane/hexane report feed T, Q, drum T, y, x, V, L
V/F=0.2
V/F =0.4
V/F=0.6
V/F=0.8
2. Simulation part b) Flash 3 run for V/F= 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8
a. Report drum pressure(bar), heat duty, composition of all three phases for
each V/F

V/F=0.2

V/F=0.4
V/F=0.6

V/F=0.8

3. Simulation part c) Run this for furfural (NOT alcohol)


a. TRY 40,60,90 mol % Water b. Report VLE model, drum pressure, Q,
composition for all 3 phases for each feed composition.

VLE model

0.40

0.6
0.9

Lab B/ Part 2
1. Flash2 – Find the feed temperature to obtain V/F=0.4000
a. Report method, feed T, pressure, drum T, heat duty, Vapor liquid flow
rates, x, y
Method: Peng-Robinson

Lab B/ Part 3
2. Bubble/ dew point Temp
Lab B/ Part 4
3. Boiling point of n-hexane at P=0.23

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