Introduction to Chemical Engineering

HW Set #$5$

Spring $2024$

A distillation tower has a feed stream separating acetic acid, ethanol, and ethyl acetate. All the acetic acid entering the tower is removed via the distillate; therefore, the bottoms product contains only ethanol and ethyl acetate.

a$.$ Write the overall mass balance $($algebraically$).$

b$.$ Write the component balances for each component $($algebraically$).$

c$.$ Determine the composition $($mass fraction$)$ of the distillate product.

d$.$ Determine the composition $($mass fraction$)$ of the bottoms product.