Question: Q 2 . A liquid stream contains 6 0 . 0 w t % ethanol ( E ) , 5 . 0 w t %

Q2. A liquid stream contains 60.0wt% ethanol (E),5.0wt% of a dissolved S, and the balance water. The second liquid stream in the feed rate of 200kgs contains 20.0wt% of a dissolved T and balanced with water. These two streams are fed to a continuous distillation column operating at a steady state. Product streams emerge at the top and bottom of the column. The column design calls for the product streams in a ratio of 1(top) to 5(bottom), for the top stream to contain 60.0wt% ethanol and no S nor T, and for the bottom stream to contain 10.0wt%T.
(a) Get a basis of calculation, and draw a fully labelled process block flow diagram.
(b) Perform the degree-of-freedom analysis to check if there is information to calculate all unknown stream flows and compositions.
(c) Calculate the mass fraction of S in the bottom stream and
(d) Calculate the fraction of the ethanol in the feed that leaves in the bottom product stream (i.e., the amount of E in the bottom stream over the amount of E in the feed) if the process operates as designed.
 Q2. A liquid stream contains 60.0wt% ethanol (E),5.0wt% of a dissolved

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