Question: Acetic acid ( A ) is extracted from water ( W ) into hexanol ( H ) in a liquid - liquid extraction vessel. After

Acetic acid (A) is extracted from water (W) into hexanol (H) in a liquid-liquid extraction vessel. After that, the extract is subsequently separated by distillation. Assume that water is completely insoluble in hexanol. A mixture of 25wt% acetic acid and the balance water is fed to the liquidliquid extraction vessel. Pure hexanol is fed into the vessel to extract the acetic acid. The water - rich stream leaving the vessel is 98wt% water and the balance acetic acid. The hexanol-rich extract from the vessel is fed to a distillation column. The composition of the distillate is 5wt% hexanol and the balance acetic acid.
a) Draw the process flow chart completely.
b) Write a basis for this process and what are the significances of this basis? Give two reasons.
c) If the bottom stream contains 97.2wt% of hexanol and recovers 95% of the hexanol fed to the liquid-liquid extraction vessel, determine the percentage of acetic acid in the process feed that is recovered in the distillate stream.
d) Determine the mass fractions of each component in the hexanol-rich extract stream.
 Acetic acid (A) is extracted from water (W) into hexanol (H)

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