Question: pleaes solve by paper A liquid mixture contains 65.0wt% ethanol (E), 10.0wt% of a dissolved solute (S), and the balance water. A stream of this

pleaes solve by paper
pleaes solve by paper A liquid mixture contains 65.0wt% ethanol (E), 10.0wt%

A liquid mixture contains 65.0wt% ethanol (E), 10.0wt% of a dissolved solute (S), and the balance water. A stream of this mixture is fed to a continuous distillation column operating at steady state. Product streams emerge at the top .and bottom of the column. The column design calls for the product streams to have equal mass flow rates and for the top stream to contain 90.0wt% ethanol and no S A) Draw the diagram of this process, label all information given, and perform the degree of freedom analysis. Can the entire problem be uniquely solved at this point-or are there additional specifications needed? B) Calculate (i) the mass fraction of S in the bottom stream and (ii) the fraction of the ethanol in the feed that leaves in the bottom product stream (i.e., kgE in bottom stream/ kgE in feed) if the process operates as designed

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