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    Soun Ho Lee., Michael J. Binkley., 2011. OPTIMIZE DESIGN FOR DISTILLATION FEED

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    This document discusses the effect of feed temperature on the number of theoretical plates in a continuous distillation column operating at a constant reflux ratio of 1:1. The experiment varied the feed temperature to 28°C and 32°C. At 28°C, the distillation column required 10 theoretical plates, while at 32°C it required only 7 plates. Higher feed temperatures lower the number of plates needed because it reduces the energy required to reach the boiling point of components in the mixture. Therefore, feed temperature is a major factor that can optimize distillation column efficiency.

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    Soun Ho Lee., Michael J. Binkley., 2011. OPTIMIZE DESIGN FOR DISTILLATION FEED

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    This document discusses the effect of feed temperature on the number of theoretical plates in a continuous distillation column operating at a constant reflux ratio of 1:1. The experiment varied the feed temperature to 28°C and 32°C. At 28°C, the distillation column required 10 theoretical plates, while at 32°C it required only 7 plates. Higher feed temperatures lower the number of plates needed because it reduces the energy required to reach the boiling point of components in the mixture. Therefore, feed temperature is a major factor that can optimize distillation column efficiency.

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    This document discusses the effect of feed temperature on the number of theoretical plates in a continuous distillation column operating at a constant reflux ratio of 1:1. The experiment varied the feed temperature to 28°C and 32°C. At 28°C, the distillation column required 10 theoretical plates, while at 32°C it required only 7 plates. Higher feed temperatures lower the number of plates needed because it reduces the energy required to reach the boiling point of components in the mixture. Therefore, feed temperature is a major factor that can optimize distillation column efficiency.

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    Soun Ho Lee., Michael J. Binkley., 2011. OPTIMIZE DESIGN FOR DISTILLATION FEED

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    This document discusses the effect of feed temperature on the number of theoretical plates in a continuous distillation column operating at a constant reflux ratio of 1:1. The experiment varied the feed temperature to 28°C and 32°C. At 28°C, the distillation column required 10 theoretical plates, while at 32°C it required only 7 plates. Higher feed temperatures lower the number of plates needed because it reduces the energy required to reach the boiling point of components in the mixture. Therefore, feed temperature is a major factor that can optimize distillation column efficiency.

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    Discussion

    Generally distillation is a process where liquid-liquid separation process occurs. This process can be

    carried out in the manner or continuous or batch. In this experiment it was conducted on the continuous

    manner where the mixture of liquid are fed continuously into the process. The separation process took

    advantage on the different volatility of a component where more volatile component will evaporate

    faster and separated from the mixture. There are many different factors that affect the distillation

    column in term of number of theoretical plate such as reflux ratio which is kept constant throughout the

    experiment.

    The aim of this experiment is to study the effect of feed temperature on the number of theoretical

    plates in a continuous distillation operating at constant reflux. This is done by varying the feed

    temperature to 28°C and 32°C and reflux ratio at 1:1 which is kept constant throughout the process.

    At 28°C the refractive index of obtain for distillate and bottom are 1.3377 and 1.3309 respectively.

    Analysis using murphree efficiency are conducted and found out that the of theoretical plated that are

    need for the process is 10. Meanwhile for 32°C the refractive index for the distillate and bottom are

    1.3391 and 1.7311 respectively. After murphree efficiency analysis, it is found out that the number of

    theoretical plate need for the process was 7. This show that the higher the feed temperature, the lower

    the number of theoretical plate needed for the process. This Is because preheated mixture reduce the

    amount of energy need to heat up the mixture to the desired boiling point. Feed temperature is one of

    the major factors in influencing the overall heat balance of a distillation column system. Increased feed

    enthalpy can help reduce the required energy input from the reboiler at the same degree of

    separation.[1]

    [1] Soun Ho Lee., Michael J. Binkley., 2011. OPTIMIZE DESIGN FOR DISTILLATION FEED
    http://www.gtctech.com/optimize-design-for-distillation-feed/
    Conclusion

    At feed temperature of 28°C and 32°C the number of theoretical plate are 10 and 7 respectively which

    show the effect of feed temperature could lower the number of theoretical plate for the distillation

    process. This is due to the reduction of energy requirement to achieve boiling point of the particular

    component in the mixture. Which shows the feed temperature is one of the major factors in the

    determination of ideal condition for distillation column process.

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