Question: A fresh feed stream contains liquid mixture containing 3 5 . 0 mol % toluene ( T ) , 2 7 . 0 mol %

A fresh feed stream contains liquid mixture containing 35.0mol% toluene (T),27.0mol% xylene (X), and the remainder benzene (B) is fed to a distillation column. The fresh feed molar flow rate is 100kmolh. The bottom product contains 97.0mol%x and no B, and 93.0% of the xylene in the feed is recovered in this stream. The overhead product is fed to a second column. The overhead product from the second column contains 5.0mol%T and no x, and 96.0% of the benzene fed to the system is recovered in this stream. Draw and completely label a flow sheet of the process. Calculate (i) the composition of the bottoms stream from the second column, and (ii) the percentage of toluene contained in the process feed that emerges in the bottom product from the second column. [Bottoms stream from the second column: n=35.71 kmolh;xBenzene=0.043mol Benzene ?mol;xXylene=0.053mol Xylene ?mol; Fraction of toluene recovered in the bottom stream =0.923
The feed to a separation process contains 50wt% benzene, 30wt% toluene, and 20wt% xylene. The feed enters the process at a flow rate of 100kgh. The overhead stream from the first unit contains 95wt% benzene, 3wt% toluene, and 2wt% xylene. The overhead stream from the second unit contains 3wt% benzene, 95wt% toluene, and 2wt% xylene. The flow rate of the overhead from the first unit is 52% of the fresh feed flow rate. The amount of benzene in the overhead from the second unit is 75% of the benzene that enters the second unit. (a) Determine the flow rates for all of the streams leaving both units. [52,15, and 33kgh
It is proposed to separate CaCO3(solid) from slurry via crystallization. The feed slurry contains equal mass fractions of CaCO3 precipitate in a solution of NaOH and H2O. The slurry is washed with a dilute solution of 5wt%NaOH in H2O and of an equal flow rate as the slurry. The washed slurry, after leaving the unit, contains 2kg solution per 1kg of solid (CaCO3). The clear solution (free of solid) withdrawn from the unit can be assumed to have the same concentration in NaOH and water as the solution withdrawn with the solid crystals. On the basis of 100kgh of feed slurry, draw and label the process flowchart and calculate the composition of sodium hydroxide in the clear solution. [0.23]
 A fresh feed stream contains liquid mixture containing 35.0mol% toluene (T),27.0mol%

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