CHEMICAL ENGINEERING and PULP & PAPER TECHNOLOGY

MULTI-STAGE OPERATIONS 3: CODE: PCCR301

LECTURER: Mr. A F Bassa DATE:19/05/2017
AEGROTAT and MAKE-UP TEST
MAX MARKS : 100 (120 minutes)

QUESTION 1 : 20 Marks

Consider a vapour mixture of 0.5 mole fraction benzene and 0.5 mole fraction of toluene at 90oC.
Will the liquid condense at a pressure of 101.3 kN/m2? If not how can condensation be achieved?

QUESTION 2 : 33 Marks

A distillation column is separating benzene from toluene. The McCabe-Thiele diagram is given
below. From the diagram state xD , xB and the feed composition
Calculate:
a) the operating reflux ratio
b) the internal reflux ratio
c) the boil-up ratio
d) the minimum reflux ratio
e) the state of the feed (give numerical values)
f) the stages required at total reflux
 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING and PULP & PAPER TECHNOLOGY
MULTI-STAGE OPERATIONS 3: CODE: PCCR301
LECTURER: Mr. A F Bassa DATE:19/05/2017
AEGROTAT and MAKE-UP TEST
MAX MARKS : 100 (120 minutes)

QUESTION 3 : 25 Marks

A mixture of ethyl alcohol and water with 0.55 mole fraction of alcohol is batch distilled to give a
constant top product composition of 0.75 mole fraction of alcohol. The column has two ideal plates
Using the VLE diagram and equations provided:
a) Determine the initial Reflux ratio
b) Determine the final still composition if the operation is discontinued when Reflux ratio is 4.

QUESTION 4 : 22 Marks

1 000 kmol/h of air containing 100 ppm (mol) of chloroform at 25C and 2.0 atm is to be
processed in a column having 3 equilibrium stages We plan to absorb the chloroform with pure
water at 25C. Operation is at L/V = 133. What would be the concentration of chloroform in the
outlet air stream?
Perform two trials

At 25oC the Henrys law constant for chloroform in water is H = 211.19 atm/(mole fraction)

2773.78 3103.01
o
PBenzene exp 13.8594
o
PToluene exp 14.0098
T 220.07 T 219.79
P in kPA and T in oC
x
= d
R+1
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING and PULP & PAPER TECHNOLOGY

MULTI-STAGE OPERATIONS 3: CODE: PCCR301 DATE:19/05/2017

LECTURER: Mr. A F Bassa
AEGROTAT and MAKE-UP TEST
MAX MARKS : 100 (120 minutes)