Question: A saturated liquid solution of 4 0 mol % acetone and 6 0 mol % acetic acid is fed at a rate of 1 0

A saturated liquid solution of 40mol% acetone and 60mol% acetic acid is fed at a rate of 100 lbmol? hour to a distillation column. The desired separation of acetone is a 96mol% distillate concentration and a 5mol% bottoms concentration. The column is operated at 1.6 times the minimum reflux ratio, so RD=0.44. The average column temperature is 95C and the average liquid density is 0.95gcm3. The liquid depth on a tray is 1.5cm, and the tower diameter is 30cm. The mass transfer coefficients are kGa=505sec-1 and kLa=1.8sec-1. Equilibrium data for acetone and acetic acid are
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 A saturated liquid solution of 40mol% acetone and 60mol% acetic acid

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