A solvent A is to be recovered by distillation from its water solution. It is necessary to
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A solvent A is to be recovered by distillation from its water solution. It is necessary to produce an overhead product containing 95 mol% A and to recover 95% of the A in the feed. The feed is available at the plant site in two streams, one containing 40 mol% A and the other 60 mol% A. Each stream will provide 50 kmol/h of component A, and each will be fed into the column as saturated liquid. Since the less volatile component is water, it has been proposed to supply the necessary heat in the form of open steam. For the preliminary design, it has been suggested that the operating reflux ratio, LID, be 1.33 times the minimum value. A total condenser will be employed. For this system, it is estimated that the overall plate efficiency will be 70%. How many plates will be required, and what will be the bottoms composition? The relative volatility may be assumed to be constant at 3.0. Determine analytically the points necessary to locate the operating lines. Each feed should enter the column at its optimal location.
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