DISTILLATION

Theory: ____________

1. A debutanizer is a
A. Heat transfer B. Mass transfer C. Fluid transfer D. Size Reduction E. NOTA
equipment equipment equipment equipment

2. In a distilling column, the highest pressure will be at

A. The top B. The bottom C. The feed plate D. between the E. NOTA
feed plate

3. For a mass transfer to take place, there must be

A. Concentration B. More than two C. Heat present D. Enthalpy E. Entropy change
gradient components change
involved

4. For nearly pure products in a stage operations, the theoretical number of plates may be estimated
using the
A. Rayleigh B. Fenske C. Tiller-Tour D. Murphree E. Gilliland
Equation Equation Equation Equation Equation

5. In a two-component flash distillation process, when the operating pressure is specified, the
concentration of the distillate may be improved in the more volatile component if
A. The operating B. The operating C. The amount of D. The amount of E. NOTA
temperature is temperature is distillate is distillate is
decreased increased. increased decreased.

Application: _________

1. A liquid mixture containing 45% benzene and 55% toluene by weight is to be fed to a fractionating
column at a rate of 5000 kg/hr. The feed rate in kg mol/hr is
A. 58.74 B. 58.80 C. 48.80 D. 28.846 E. NOTA
Solution:

2. The approximate minimum number of stages for a binary system with relative volatility of 2.35,
frationally distilled to yield compositions of 0.98 in the distillate and 0.045 in the bottoms is
A. 4.8 B. 7 C. 8.1 D. 12 E. NOTA
Solution: