Question: ( a ) An ethanol mixture ( 9 6 w t . % ethanol, 4 w t . % water ) is a fed to

(a) An ethanol mixture (96wt.% ethanol, 4wt.%water ) is a fed to a distillation column together with a pure benzene stream in order to produce pure ethanol. A distillate consisting of 20.7wt.% ethanol, 6.6wt.% water and 72.7wt.% benzene is taken off the top of the column. The bottom stream consists of pure ethanol. Determine how much benzene and ethanol mixture must be fed to produce 750kgh-1 of pure ethanol.
 (a) An ethanol mixture (96wt.% ethanol, 4wt.%water ) is a fed

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