Question: Binary Distillation Using McCabe - Thiele Merhod. A distillation column is fed with 1 5 0 kmo l h of a mixture of 2 5

Binary Distillation Using McCabe-Thiele Merhod. A distillation column is fed with 150kmolh of a mixture of 25mole% ethanol and 75mole% water at 101.32kPa. The feed is liquid entering the column at its bubble point. At steady state, the distillate contains 75mole% ethanol and the bottoms is 5mole% ethanol. The reflux ratio is 4.52:1.
i. Calculate the flow rate for the distillate and the bottom
(3)
ii. Determine the equation for the enriching (rectifying) line.
(2)
iii. Draw the q-line. Label it in the plot.
iv. Draw the stripping line. Label it in the plot.
v. Estimate the theoretical number of trays needed using McCabe Thiele Method (2)
 Binary Distillation Using McCabe-Thiele Merhod. A distillation column is fed with

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