Question: Problem 1 You are designing a single stage absorber to remove acetone from an air stream using pure water as the liquid phase solvent. Air

Problem 1 You are designing a single stage absorber to remove acetone from an air stream using pure water as the liquid phase solvent. Air and water enter the absorber at flow rates of 100 kg-mol/hr and 250 kg-mol/hr, respectively. The air entering the absorber contains 25 mole % acetone. The absorber will be operated at 50 C and 2 atm. What will be the acetone mole fraction in the air and water exiting the unit? The enthalpy change of solution is equivalent to +20 kJ/mol. The following equilibrium data was collected at 20 C and 1 atm: XA 0 PA (mm Hg) 0 0.0333 0.0720 30.0 62.8 A. What is the value of Henry coefficient at the conditions inside the single stage absorber? B. What are the gas and liquid stream compositions exiting the absorber
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