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    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    Department of Chemical Engineering

    ChE 2011 Homework 6


    Due: Tuesday October 8, 8am.

    1. Two flash drums are connected in series, both at 1 atm. The liquid outlet of the first drum
    is sent as feed to the second drum. The feed to the first drum is a mixture of methanol and
    water with 55 mol % methanol and flows at 10000 kmol/h. The second drum operates
    with V/F = 0.7 and has a liquid exit composition of 25 mol % methanol. Determine the
    following. See the accompanying methanol-water T-x-y data to help you solve this
    problem.
    a. Fraction vaporized in the first drum.
    b. Mole fractions of all streams leaving and entering the two flash drums.
    c. Temperatures of the two drums.

    x (mole y (mole
    Temp methanol methanol
    (oC) in liquid) in vapor)
    100 0 0
    98.4 0.012 0.068
    96.9 0.02 0.121
    95.8 0.026 0.159
    95.1 0.033 0.188
    94.1 0.036 0.215
    92.2 0.053 0.275
    90 0.074 0.356
    88.6 0.087 0.395
    86.9 0.108 0.44
    85.4 0.129 0.488
    83.4 0.164 0.537
    82 0.191 0.572
    79.1 0.268 0.648
    78.1 0.294 0.666
    76.5 0.352 0.704
    75.3 0.402 0.734
    74.2 0.454 0.76
    73.2 0.502 0.785
    72 0.563 0.812
    70.9 0.624 0.835
    69.2 0.717 0.877
    68.1 0.79 0.91
    67.2 0.843 0.93
    66.9 0.857 0.939
    65.7 0.938 0.971
    65 1 1
    2. Find the solutions to the following equations using the guess/check or battleship method.
    Show all steps/iterations!

    a. x2 + 3*(x+0.5)-1 + ex = 32
    b. x + ln x = 0
    c. ex − [sin(x)]2 = 2. x is in radians.

    3. A mixture of methane, ethane, propane, and butane are to be flashed in a drum. The
    temperature of the drum is 27 oC and the pressure of the drum is 1379 kPa. The following
    feed data is available.

    Feed zi Ki
    Methane 0.3 12
    Ethane 0.2 2.5
    Propane 0.35 0.8
    Butane 0.15 0.24

    Find V/F and the outlet compositions.

    Hint: Use Rachford-Rice equations to solve for correct V/F.

    4. A flash drum is used to separate a mixture of ethylene (0.05 mole fraction), isobutane
    (0.1 mole fraction), and n-octane (0.85 mole fraction). The temperature of the drum is
    170 oC and the pressure is 400 kPa.

    Find V/F and the outlet compositions.

    Hint: Use DePriester charts.

    5. A 100 kmol/h feed to a flash drum is a mixture of 30 mol % n-butane and 70 mol % n-
    hexane. Assume V/F = 0.4 and Tdrum = 100 oC. Find Pdrum (or Ptotal), yi’s, and xi’s.

    Hint: Use Raoult’s law to get K-values and Antoine’s equation to estimate vapor
    pressures. Solve the Rachford-Rice equation for Ptotal to get the solution.

    Species A B C
    n-butane 6.80896 935.86 238.73
    n-hexane 6.87601 1171.17 224.41
    Log10VP = A – B/(T + C); VP = mm Hg; T = oC

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