Chemical Engineering - Mass Transfer - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Mass Transfer - Section 7 (Q.No. 8)
8.
According to the Fenske equation, what will be the minimum number of plates required in a distillation column to separate an equimolar binary mixture of components A and B into an overhead fraction containing 99 mol% A and a bottom fraction containing 98 mol% B ? Assume that relative volatility (αAB = 2) does not change appreciably in the coloumn.
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Hayjkh said:
8 years ago
Here LN((0.99/(1-0.99)) * ((1-0.02)/0.02))/LN(2) = 12.25.
Sivajidasa said:
1 decade ago
N min +1 = ln(XD/1-XD)(XW/1-XW)/ln (alpha).
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