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    This document provides instructions for two assignments on multicomponent distillation problems. The first assignment involves calculating the minimum number of stages and minimum reflux ratio for separating a benzene/toluene mixture with specified distillate and bottoms compositions. The second assignment involves designing a distillation column to separate ethane from a six-component feed with given separation requirements and feed composition data. Students are asked to calculate the theoretical and realistic number of stages needed based on the specified reflux ratio.

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    This document provides instructions for two assignments on multicomponent distillation problems. The first assignment involves calculating the minimum number of stages and minimum reflux ratio for separating a benzene/toluene mixture with specified distillate and bottoms compositions. The second assignment involves designing a distillation column to separate ethane from a six-component feed with given separation requirements and feed composition data. Students are asked to calculate the theoretical and realistic number of stages needed based on the specified reflux ratio.

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    Institut für Verfahrenstechnik THERMISCHE VERFAHRENSTECHNIK I

    Exercise 11: Multicomponent distillation


    (Fenske, Underwood, Gilliland)

    Assignment date: Due date:

    Assignment 1
    A mixture Benzene (1) / Toluene (2) with a mole fraction xF,1= 0.4 should be
    separated in a plate column in a distillate (D) and a Bottoms stream (B) with mole
    fraction resp. xD,1= 0.96 and xB,1=0.04. The constant of relative volatility α of the
    mixture, whose behavior can be considered ideal, is 2.42. The column operates with
    a reflux ratio R=1.3 Rmin and the feed enters the column at the boiling point
    (saturated liquid).
    a) Calculate the minimum number of stages Nmin and the minimum reflux Rmin
    applying the Fenske and Underwood equations.
    b) Determine the theoretical number of stages, using both the Gilliland diagram and
    the Molokanov’s correlation.

    Fig.1: Diagram of Gilliland


    nth = theoretical number of stages
    nth, min = minimum number of stages (for v = ∞)
    v = reflux ratio
    vmin = minimum reflux ratio (for nth = ∞)

    TVT I - Prof. Marco Mazzotti


    1 27.06.2005 -Exercise11_ss2005.doc
    Institut für Verfahrenstechnik THERMISCHE VERFAHRENSTECHNIK I

    Molokanov’s correlation:

    N − N min ⎡⎛ 1 + 54.4Ψ ⎞⎛ Ψ − 1 ⎞⎤ R - R min


    = 1 − exp ⎢⎜ ⎟⎜ 0.5 ⎟⎥ mit Ψ ≡
    N +1 ⎣⎝ 11 + 117.2Ψ ⎠⎝ Ψ ⎠⎦ R +1

    c) Calculate the position of the feed stage.

    Assignment 2
    A multicomponent distillation column should be designed in such a way, that a
    concentrate stream of Ethane could be separated from a feed stream containing 6
    hydrocarbons (hint: separation between Ethane and Propylene). Calculate the
    required theoretical number of stages and the realistic number of stages when R =
    1.25 ⋅ Rmin.

    Separation requirements:
    Mole fraction of Propylene in the Distillate: 0.025
    Mole fraction of Ethane in the Bottoms: 0.050

    Operating conditions:
    Pressure: p = 27.3 bar
    Feed quality: liquid at the boiling temperature (q = 1)
    Average plate efficiency coefficient: E = 0.75

    Feed composition:

    Components in the Feed stream mol-% αFeed


    Methane 5.0 7.356
    Ethane (LK) 35.0 2.091
    Propylene (HK) 15.0 1.000
    Propane 20.0 0.901
    i-Butane 10.0 0.507
    n-Butane 15.0 0.408

    TVT I - Prof. Marco Mazzotti


    2 27.06.2005 -Exercise11_ss2005.doc
    Institut für Verfahrenstechnik THERMISCHE VERFAHRENSTECHNIK I

    Mole flow-rate for a Feed of 1 kmol/h:


    Assumption: The non-key components are completely separated.

    Feed Destillat Sumpfprodukt


    in kmol/h in kmol/h in kmol/h

    Methane
    Ethane (LK)
    Propylene (HK)
    Propane
    i-Butane
    n-Butane

    total: 1.00

    TVT I - Prof. Marco Mazzotti


    3 27.06.2005 -Exercise11_ss2005.doc

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