Question: An equilibrium flash separator operating at steady state is fed with water, ethanol, and n-propanol mixture with mole fraction of 0.3, 0.3, and 0.4, respectively.

 An equilibrium flash separator operating at steady state is fed with

An equilibrium flash separator operating at steady state is fed with water, ethanol, and n-propanol mixture with mole fraction of 0.3, 0.3, and 0.4, respectively. The flash separator operated at pressure of 2 bar, temperature of 385 K and feed molar flowrate of 100 kmol/h. By using Secant method with initial guess value dil = 0.5 and 8) = 0.4, determine the molal flowrate and compositions for overhead and bottom product. Given that Antoine constant for each component are as follows: = 4 B log10 PV = A - T+C Where: pv = vapor pressure in bar T = operating temperature in Kelvin A, B, and C = Antoine constant . TABLE Q2 Antoine constant for specific component Component A B C Water 4.65430 1435.264 -64.848 Ethanol 4.92531 1432.526 -61.819 n-propanol 4.87601 1441.629 -74.299

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