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    Question 1: Distillation and Extraction (30 PTS) : Choice X Comment

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    The document contains a multiple choice quiz with questions about distillation and liquid-liquid extraction processes. It also includes a multi-part word problem about using distillation to separate an ethanol-water mixture. Key details include that the feed is 60% water, the desired purities of the distillate and bottom products, the vapor-to-feed ratio, and the given distillate flow rate. Appendices provide additional data like an ethanol-water phase diagram.

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    The document contains a multiple choice quiz with questions about distillation and liquid-liquid extraction processes. It also includes a multi-part word problem about using distillation to separate an ethanol-water mixture. Key details include that the feed is 60% water, the desired purities of the distillate and bottom products, the vapor-to-feed ratio, and the given distillate flow rate. Appendices provide additional data like an ethanol-water phase diagram.

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    Question 1: Distillation and Extraction (30 pts)

    Answer the following conceptual multiple choice questions by placing an X in box


    with the correct choice and add a short comment (max 1-3 lines) to explain your
    choice (only for your choice). Answers without comments do not count.

    1a) In a distillation column where is the hottest position? Hint: This is also where
    the heavy i.e. low boiling point components are collected.
    Choice X Comment
    Top
    Bottom
    Feed stage
    Not enough information

    1b) Which of the following is not true about a distillation tower?


    Choice X Comment
    The vapor and liquid
    leaving an ideal
    tray/stage are in
    equilibrium.
    Some of the vapor
    leaving the reboiler is
    eventually returned as
    liquid to the top of the
    tower.
    All of the material in the
    feed stream is eventually
    transferred to the
    distillate stream.
    Distillation requires a
    temperature gradient
    between top and bottom
    sections of the tower.

    1c) Which of the following is a reason why a large reflux ratio is needed in a
    distillation column?
    Choice X Comment
    The feed is dilute in the
    distillate component
    The separation is
    between very close
    boilers.
    A very high distillate
    concentration is needed
    To reduce the number of
    stages
    All of the above

    1d) Ideally, the extraction solvent used in a liquid-liquid extraction process


    should...

    Choice X Comment
    have the same density as
    the carrier solvent
    have a very low boiling
    point
    have a high affinity for
    the solute
    be mostly miscible with
    the carrier.

    1e) What is the composition of point


    A? Fill in the dotted section. No
    comment required.

    …..%MEK, …..% Water, …..% Ethyl


    Butyrate

    1f) Methyl-ethyl ketone (MEK) is


    being extracted from water using
    the extraction solvent ethyl butyrate
    (EtBu). If the mixture marked "K"
    on the diagram below settled into
    two distinct phases, approximately
    how much MEK would be in the
    extract and the raffinate? Fill in the
    dotted section. No comment
    required.

    Extract: …. wt% MEK


    Raffinate: …. wt% MEK
    Question 2. Distillation (35 pts)

    A well-known technique for the separation of ethanol and water is distillation. The
    feed stream contains 60% water. In appendix below you can see an x-y diagram
    of an ethanol (1) – water (2) separation at atmospheric pressure. The x and y
    refer to ethanol.

    a. Up to what purity can this mixture theoretically be separated using a


    distillation column at atmospheric pressure?
    b. Why will this purity never be reached in reality?

    It is decided that in this case the desired purity of the top product is 70% and that
    of the bottom product 98%. The vapor-to-feed ratio in the feed is 0.25.

    c. What are the bottom and feed flow rates when the distillate flow rate from the
    top of the column is 450 kmol/hr?
    d. What is the minimum reflux ratio according to the McCabe-Thiele method?
    e. Calculate the relative volatility (α1,2) at xethanol = 0.4.
    f. What is the minimum number of stages required for this separation according
    to McCabe-Thiele?
    g. What is the reflux ratio in this case described in sub question f?
    Appendix 1 Name …………………………… Student number………………
    1

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    0.8

    0.7

    0.6

    0.5

    0.4

    y 0.3

    0.2

    0.1

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    .1 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1
    -0 -0.1E-1 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.
    78
    125
    3
    512
    1
    511
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