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Distillation of Benzene-Toluene Mixture

The document presents a sample problem involving the distillation of a feed containing 70 mol% benzene and 30 mol% toluene at 1 atm. It outlines the calculation of the concentration of the residue per unit mole of feed using the Rayleigh equation and provides specific values for variables involved in the calculation. The final result obtained through trial is x2 = 0.6326.

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Distillation of Benzene-Toluene Mixture

The document presents a sample problem involving the distillation of a feed containing 70 mol% benzene and 30 mol% toluene at 1 atm. It outlines the calculation of the concentration of the residue per unit mole of feed using the Rayleigh equation and provides specific values for variables involved in the calculation. The final result obtained through trial is x2 = 0.6326.

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SAMPLE PROBLEM #6

A feed containing 70 mol% benzene


and 30 mol% toluene is distilled under
differential conditions at 1 atm.

A total of one third of the moles in


the feed is vaporized. Assuming  = 2.5,
calculate the concentration of the
residue per unit mole of feed.
SOLUTION
V=1/3L1
condenser

1 atm D
L1=1mole
x1=0.7 L2, x2
=2.5

still pot

x2 = ?
At constant , use the following
form of Rayleigh equation:

 L2  1  x2 1  x1    1  x1 
ln   ln    ln 
 

 L1    1  x1 1  x2    1  x2 
Substituti ng the following values :
2
L2    L1 
3
  2.5
x1  0.7
2 
   L1  
  3  1  x 2 1  0.7    1 - 0.7 
ln  ln    ln 
 L1  2.5  1  0.71  x2    1- x 2 
 
 
by trial, x2  0.6326

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