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    This document contains a homework assignment involving multiple problems related to vapor-liquid equilibrium and flash distillation. Problem 1 involves calculating bubble/dew points and phase behavior for a heptane-toluene mixture. Problem 2 involves generating phase diagrams for a hexane-octane system. Problems 3-6 involve additional flash distillation calculations and determining stream compositions and operating conditions given various constraints.

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    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    Department of Chemical Engineering

    ChE 2011 Homework 5 A 2017


    (due Wednesday, Oct. 4)

    1. The vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the heptane-toluene system is shown below. We
    have 80 moles of a mixture that contains 40 mole % heptane.

    x-liquid y-vapor
    T- mole mole
    degrees fraction fraction
    C heptane heptane
    112 0 0
    110.75 0.025 0.048
    106.8 0.129 0.205
    104.5 0.25 0.349
    102.95 0.354 0.454
    101.35 0.497 0.577
    99.73 0.692 0.742
    98.9 0.843 0.864
    98.5 0.94 0.948
    98.35 0.994 0.993

    a. What are the bubble and dew points of this mixture?

    b. What is the state of the system (liquid, vapor, a mixuture?) at:


    i. 99 oC
    ii. 103 oC
    iii. 109 oC?

    c. At 103.4 oC:
    i. What are the compositions of the liquid and vapor phases?
    ii. How many moles of liquid are present?
    iii. How many moles of vapor are present?

    d. At what temperature will 40 moles of vapor be in equilibrium with 40 moles of


    liquid? What are the liquid and vapor compositions at this temperature?
    2. Generate the T-x-y and y-x diagrams for the hexane-octane system using the data
    below.

    Data for n-hexane/n-octane system at 1 atm total pressure

    Temperature (deg C) Vapor pressure, hexane (mm Hg) Vapor pressure, octane (mm Hg)

    68.7 760 121


    79.4 1025 173
    93.3 1480 278
    107.2 2130 434
    121.1 3000 654
    125.7 3420 760

    3. A continuous, single-stage flash distillation unit operates at steady state, processing a


    mixture of ethanol and propanol. Equilibrium represented by the special case of a
    constant relative volatility of 2.1. The feed is 100 mol/h of 0.6 mole fraction ethanol
    (most volatile).

    a. Using the y-x plot, find the liquid and vapor compositions leaving the unit
    for V/F = 0.5.
    b. Calculate the liquid and vapor flow rates.
    c. Repeat parts a and b using V/F =0.6 without using the y-x plot.

    4. A vapor stream that is 40 mol% ethanol and 60 mol% water is partially condensed and
    sent to flash drum operating at 1 atm.

    a. What is the highest vapor mole fraction of ethanol that can be produced?
    b. If 60% of the feed stream is liquefied, what are the outlet mole fractions for
    ethanol in the liquid and vapor streams?

    5. A flash unit separates methanol and water at 1 atm pressure. The feed rate is 100
    kmol/h. Equilibrium data is shown below.

    a. The feed is 40 mol% methanol and 60% of the feed is vaporized. Find the
    compositions of the liquid and vapor product streams.
    b. The feed is 40 mol% and the product temperatures are both 78 C. Find the
    compositions of the liquid and vapor product streams, and the V/F.
    c. We desire a vapor product that is 80 mol% methanol and want to operate at
    V/F = 0.3. Find the feed composition.

    6. Two flash distillation steps are connected as shown in the diagram below. Both are at 1
    atm pressure. The feed (10,000 kmol/h) to the first step is methanol and water with 55
    mol% methanol. The second step operates with (V/F)2 = 0.7 and the liquid composition
    leaving is 25 mol% methanol. Equilibrium data are shown below.

    a. What is the fraction of the feed vaporized in the first step?


    b. What are y1, y2, x1, T1, and T2?

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