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Sample Problem #4

The document summarizes a flash distillation problem where an equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene at 1 bar is 25% vaporized. The equilibrium is represented by an equation relating vapor composition (y) and liquid composition (x). Solving the material balance equation for the operating line and the equilibrium equation determines the vapor has a composition of 0.6673 and the liquid 0.4442.

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Sample Problem #4

The document summarizes a flash distillation problem where an equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene at 1 bar is 25% vaporized. The equilibrium is represented by an equation relating vapor composition (y) and liquid composition (x). Solving the material balance equation for the operating line and the equilibrium equation determines the vapor has a composition of 0.6673 and the liquid 0.4442.

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Sample Problem #4a:

An equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene is


subjected to flash distillation at a pressure of 1 bar
in the separator.
The equilibrium data is represented by the
following equation: y = 0.6675x3 - 1.8607x2 +
2.1921x + 0.0021.
Determine the composition of the vapor and liquid
leaving the separator when the feed is 25 per cent
vaporized.
Vapor V = 0.25F
V, y
Feed Flash
F, xF
drum equilibrium equation
y = 0.6675x3 - 1.8607x2 +
xF = 0.5 P=1 2.1921x + 0.0021
bar
Liquid
L, x
Solution:

The fractional vaporization


V
  f  0.25
F
From material balances:
1 f xF
y x
f f
With xF = 0.5, the operating line
equation becomes
y  3 x  2
The intersection between the
operating line equation and the
equilibrium curve equation will
give the composition of the
vapor, y, and the liquid, x.
Solving the given equilibrium
equation and the operating line
equation for y and x:
y = 0.6673
x = 0.4442

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In this flash distillation problem, given that the feed is 25% vaporized, the compositions of benzene and toluene in the vapor phase are determined by finding the intersection between the operating line equation and the equilibrium curve equation provided. The equilibrium equation given is y = 0.6675x³ - 1.8607x² + 2.1921x + 0.0021. Using the operating line equation, the composition of the vapor, y, is calculated to be 0.6673 when x, the liquid composition, is 0.4442. This intersection shows the compositions of the components in each phase.

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