Problem 7
A chemical engineer designs a continuous unit for separating a liquid feed with a flow rate of 200 kg/min. The compositions (in weight percentage, wt%) of the feed are constant with time: 50.0 wt% of Component A, 48.0 wt% of Component B, 1.5 wt% of Component C and 0.5 wt% of other traceable components (denoted as Component D). A fractionation distillation column is employed for this separation, and the target composition of the overhead product, as collected by a total condenser, is 95 mol% of Component 'A and the target composition of the bottom product is 95 mol% of
Component B.
The molecular masses of Component A, B and C are 100 g/mol, 150 g/mol and 32 g/mol, respectively. Component D is mainly CH2O with an estimated molecular mass of 30 g/mol. Knowing that Component C and Component D are relatively more volatile than Component A and B, the engineer chooses to use a flash distillation to completely remove Component C and D prior to the fractionation distillation column. The equilibrium data, based on a binary system of Component A and Component B, are
summarized in a record book, showing the temperatures of bubble points are 120 ℃,110 ℃, 100℃, 90℃, 85 ℃ and 80 ℃ when the molar fractions of A (xA) are 0, 0.2,0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0, respectively. The temperatures of dew points are 120 ℃, 115 ℃,110 ℃, 100 ℃, 95 ℃ and 80 ℃ when the molar fractions of A (xA) are 0, 0.2,0.4, 0.6,0.8 and 1.0, respectively.
Please provide your answers to the followings:
(c) Continued on (b): Due to the demand from the customer, the chemical engineer
further increases the targeted molar concentration of the Component A to be 98% in the
overhead product by increasing the reflux ratio. The target composition in the bottom
product is the same (i.e., 95 mol% of Component B).
【題組】 (2) What are the
production rates of the overhead and bottom products after the tuning to the new reflux
ratio ?