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Distillation Column Stage Calculation

This document is a student's assignment submission for a process modeling and control course. It addresses a distillation column problem, where the column receives a feed that is 40% n-hexane and 60% n-octane. The problem is to determine the number of equilibrium stages needed for the column to produce a 95% n-hexane distillate and 96% n-octane bottoms stream. The student lists the components, assumptions, and variables to be calculated before presenting the solution of 13 stages determined using MATLAB.

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Distillation Column Stage Calculation

This document is a student's assignment submission for a process modeling and control course. It addresses a distillation column problem, where the column receives a feed that is 40% n-hexane and 60% n-octane. The problem is to determine the number of equilibrium stages needed for the column to produce a 95% n-hexane distillate and 96% n-octane bottoms stream. The student lists the components, assumptions, and variables to be calculated before presenting the solution of 13 stages determined using MATLAB.

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ASSIGNMENT # 4

Process Modelling and Control

Submitted To:

Dr. Muhammad Zaman

Submitted By:
11-6-1-006-2016 (Muhammad Umair)

PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND


APPLIED SCIENCES

Chemical Engineering Department


Problem Statement:
A distillation column receives a feed that is 40 mole % n-hexane
and 60 mole % n-octane. Feed flow rate is 2,500 lbmol/hr and feed temperature is 30oC. The column
is at 1 atm. A distillate that is 95mole % n-hexane is desired. A total condenser is used. Reflux is a
saturated liquid. The external reflux ratio is L0/D= 3.5. Bottoms from the partial reboiler is 96 mole %
n-octane. Find the number of equilibrium stages.

Components:

n-hexane

n-octane

Assumptions:
Feed flow rate is 2,500 lbmol/hr
Steady state

To find:
G, L, Y1n, Y2n, X1n, X2n,Tn

Solution:
Solved the system of equations using MATLAB,
Number of Stages = 13

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