It is required to absorb 96% of the benzene from a gas stream with absorption oil in a sieve-tray column at a nominal pressure of 1 atm. The feed conditions are as follows:Tray geometry is as follows:Determine column diameter for 80% of flooding, the number of actual trays required, and the Murphree vapor-tray efficiency profile for benzene for the possible combinations of vapor and liquid flow patterns on a tray. Could the equilibrium-based method be used to obtain a reliable solution to thisproblem?

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Vapor Liquid Flow rate, kmol/s 0.01487 0.005 Pressure, atm 1.0 1.0 Temperature, K Composition, mol fraction: Nitrogen Охудеn 300 300 0.7505 0.1995 Benzene 0.0500 0.005 n-Tridecane (C13) 0.995