Question: A trayed tower is to be designed to continuously distill 4 5 0 Kmol / hr of a binary mixture of 6 0 mol %

A trayed tower is to be designed to continuously distill 450 Kmol/hr of a binary mixture of 60 mol% benzene and 40 mol% toluene. A liquid distillate and bottom product of 95 mol% and 5 mol% benzene is to be produced. The feed is a two-phase mixture consisting of 50 mole% liquid. Use the McCabe-Thiele method to compute the following, assuming a uniform pressure of 1 atm throughout the column. Use the equilibrium data graph attached to determine;
a) The flow of the distillate and bottom (10 marks)
b) The minimum number of stage (Nmin)(6 marks)
c) The number of theoretical trays needed if the reflux ratio is 1.3 Rm (12 marks)
d) The entering stage of the feed entering

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