Question: Problem 1 . Your job is to design a sieve tray column to distill a mixture of benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene. The feed is a

Problem 1. Your job is to design a sieve tray column to distill a mixture of benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene. The feed is a saturated liquid at a flow rate of 200kg moles/hr. Under the operating conditions used, the following data is available for the bottom tray in the column.
Temperature =135.0C,P=1.0 bar
Liquid flow rate =412.43kmolhr
Vapor flow rate =324.21kmolhr
Liquid Data:
Mass flow rate =43,686kghr
Liquid density =761.24kgm3
Surface tension =16.732dynecm
Viscosity =0.2389cP
Vapor Data:
Mass flow rate =34,262kghr
Vapor density =3.2255kgm3
Use =0.90 and a tray spacing of 24 inches. You can assume the column operates at 72% of flooding. Calculate the following based on conditions at the bottom of the column.
a.Csb,f
b. Uflood
c. Anet
d. diameter of the column - before and after rounding
Report the diameter in units of feet and round up diameter to nearest half foot. Be careful with units. Remember that V(?bar(MW)V)=WV
Problem 2. Repeat Problem 1 except determine the diameter of a packed column that has a vapor flow rate that is at 80% of flooding. Use 2" plastic Flexirings for packing. Report the diameter in units of feet and round up diameter to nearest half foot. Show the values of F,G2F0.2GLgc,,G' flooding, G', Area, and the diameter of the column before and after rounding. For water,, use the density of saturated water at the same temperature (assume pressure has little effect on density).
 Problem 1. Your job is to design a sieve tray column

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related Chemical Engineering Questions!