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butane, and 20% n-pentane at 47 psia and 90F is to be separated by a flash drum. Write a
Matlab program using the data in Table 2 to determine the fraction of the feed vaporized and
the compositions of the vapor and liquid streams leaving the flash drum. Compare the results
with those from Provision.
3) The equilibrium data for the acetone (1)-water (2) system are given at 25oC as follows:
At 25oC the vapor pressures are: P1sat = 230.05 mmHg and P2sat = 23.76 mmHg. Use these
data to calculate the following for the air-water-acetone system.
(a) The vapor mol fraction of acetone in equilibrium with a liquid containing 0.0939 mol
fraction acetone at 25oC and a pressure of 2 atm.
(b) The vapor mol fraction of water in equilibrium with the liquid described in part (a).
5. 2A saturated liquid feed of 200 mol/h at the boiling point containing 42 mol % heptane and
58% ethyl benzene is to be fractionated at 101.32 kPa abs to give a distillate containing 97
mol % heptanes and a bottoms containing 1.1 mol % heptanes. The reflux ratio used is 2.5:1.
Calculate the mol/h distillate, mol/h bottoms, the number of theoretical trays needed, and the
feed tray number. Equilibrium data for heptane-ethyl benzene system at 101.32 kPa are given
below, where x and y are mole fraction of heptane.
1
Geankoplis, C.J., Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003, p.
753
2
Geankoplis, C.J., Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003, p.
754