Sample Calculations
Sample Calculations
Sample Calculations
1. Determine the temperature and composition of the first bubble created from a saturated liquid
mixture of benzene and toluene containing 45 mole percent benzene at 200 kPa. Benzene and
toluene mixtures may be considered as ideal.
2. Determine the pressure and composition of the first bubble created from a saturated liquid
mixture of benzene and toluene containing 45 mole percent benzene at 400 K. Benzene and
toluene mixtures may be considered as ideal.
3. Determine the temperature and composition of the first dew created from a saturated vapor
mixture of benzene and toluene containing 45 mole percent benzene at 200 kPa. Benzene and
toluene mixtures may be considered as ideal.
4. Determine the temperature and composition of the first dew created from a saturated vapor
mixture of benzene and toluene containing 45 mole percent benzene at 400 K. Benzene and
toluene mixtures may be considered as ideal.
5. The vapor exiting the distillation column contains the following: 23% propane, 67% isobutane,
and the remaining to be n-butane. This overhead vapor will then enter a condenser operating at 8
bar.
a. Determine the temperature at which the condenser must operate in order to condense the
overhead product completely.
b. Assuming the overhead product vapors are in equilibrium with the liquid on the top plate
of the column, determine the temperature of the overhead vapor and the composition of
the liquid on the top plate when operating at the pressure of the condenser.
3. 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 4.0% 𝑛 − ℎ𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑒 (𝐴) 𝑖𝑛 𝑛 − 𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒 (𝐵) 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 1 𝑎𝑡𝑚?
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑃 = 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 mmHg
4. 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 50℃ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓
40 𝑘𝑃𝑎. 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝐴𝑡 50℃,𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟
𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑠 53.32 𝑘𝑃𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 12.33 𝑘𝑃𝑎.
5. 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑜𝑓 10 𝑚𝑜𝑙% 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 50 𝑚𝑜𝑙% 𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 40 𝑚𝑜𝑙% 𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑡 80℃, 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦 𝑅𝑎𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑡 ′ 𝑠 𝐿𝑎𝑤. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 80℃ 𝑎𝑟𝑒:
𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 47.33 𝑘𝑃𝑎, 𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑑 = 27.32 𝑘𝑃𝑎, 𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 = 219.77 𝑘𝑃𝑎.