Question: Problem 2 : Ethanol is separated from 1 0 0 kmole of Ethanol - water mixture ( 6 0 % ethanol ) by distillation operation.

Problem 2:
Ethanol is separated from 100kmole of Ethanol-water mixture (60% ethanol) by distillation operation. Overhead product (distillate) contains 92%(by mole) ethanol while bottom product contains 2%(by mole) ethanol.
Answer the following.
i) Draw operation block diagram with streams composition
ii) Find Distillate in Kmole
iii) Find Bottom product in Kmole
 Problem 2: Ethanol is separated from 100kmole of Ethanol-water mixture (60%

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