Question: A stripping column with a partial reboiler is processesing 1 0 0 kmol / hr of a saturated liquid feed at 3 0 0 kPa.

A stripping column with a partial reboiler is processesing 100 kmol/hr of a saturated liquid feed at 300kPa. The feed is 25%mol n-butane, 35%mol n-pentane, and 40%mol n-hexane. The column is at 300kPa, and CMO is valid. Bottoms flow rate is 20k mol/hr. The fractional recovery of n-pentane in distillate is 95%mol. Assume all n-butane is in distillate, and calculate the distillate flow rate and distillate and bottoms compositions. Determine the temperature, vapor mole fractions, and liquid mole fractions leaving each stage. Manually increment the stage location. Determine the total number of stages required. Use equation (2-28) for equilibrium data. Do NOT converge on a better guess for n-butane distribution. (Equation 2-28 is an lnK equation from a DePriester chart in english units [psia,\deg R])
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