1) Total 450 lbmol/h of a mixture of 60 mol% benzene (LK) and 40 mol% toluene...

 

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1) Total 450 lbmol/h of a mixture of 60 mol% benzene (LK) and 40 mol% toluene (HK) is to be separated into a liquid distillate and a liquid bottoms product of 95 mol% and 5 mol % benzene, respectively. The feed enters the column with a molar percent vaporization equal to the distillate-to-feed ratio. Use the McCabe- Thiele method to compute, at 1 atm: the number of equilibrium stages N, for R/Rmin=1.3, and the optimal feed-stage location. Use Raoult's law to compute vapor-liquid equilibria. Submit the work as a excel spreadsheet with all the formulas and calculations. 1) Total 450 lbmol/h of a mixture of 60 mol% benzene (LK) and 40 mol% toluene (HK) is to be separated into a liquid distillate and a liquid bottoms product of 95 mol% and 5 mol % benzene, respectively. The feed enters the column with a molar percent vaporization equal to the distillate-to-feed ratio. Use the McCabe- Thiele method to compute, at 1 atm: the number of equilibrium stages N, for R/Rmin=1.3, and the optimal feed-stage location. Use Raoult's law to compute vapor-liquid equilibria. Submit the work as a excel spreadsheet with all the formulas and calculations.