Question: SOLUTION AT BOTTOM!!! Can someone explain to me how they got B = 8 0 0 kg / hr in the yellow highlighted portion?? Please

SOLUTION AT BOTTOM!!! Can someone explain to me how they got B=800 kg/hr in the yellow highlighted portion?? Please for the love of God do NOT copy another solution on here. They're all wrong.
D3.* A distillation column separating ethanol from water is shown. Pressure is 1kgcm2. Instead of
having a condenser, a stream of pure liquid ethanol is added directly to the column to serve as the
reflux. This stream is a saturated liquid. The feed is 40wt% ethanol and is at -20C. Feed flow
rate is 2000kgh. We desire a distillate concentration of 80wt% ethanol and a bottoms
composition of 5 wt % ethanol. A total reboiler is used, and the boilup is a saturated vapor. The
cooling stream is input at C=1000kgh. Find the external boilup rate, ?bar(V). Note: Set up the
equations, solve in equation form for ?bar(V) including explicit equations for all required terms, read
off all required enthalpies from the enthalpy composition diagram (Figure 2-4), and then calculate
a numerical answer.
3.D3. External balances: F+C=B+D
For a total reboiler: xN=xB,yN=xN=xB,hN=hB=92
Solve Eqs. (1) and (2) for B: B=Fz+CxC-FyD-CyDxB-yD
Thus
B=800+1000-1600-800(.05-.8)=800 and D=2200
From Eq.(3),,QR=BhB+DHD-FhF-ChC
QR=(800)(92)+(2200)(327)-(2000)(-30.75)-(1000)(50)=804,500calh?b
ar(V)=QRHreb-hN=804500617-92=1532.4kgh
 SOLUTION AT BOTTOM!!! Can someone explain to me how they got

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