The feed to a distillation tower consists of (14.3 mathrm{kmol} / mathrm{hr}) of methanol, (105.3 mathrm{kmol} /

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The feed to a distillation tower consists of \(14.3 \mathrm{kmol} / \mathrm{hr}\) of methanol, \(105.3 \mathrm{kmol} / \mathrm{hr}\) of toluene, \(136.2 \mathrm{kmol} / \mathrm{hr}\) of ethylbenzene, and \(350.6 \mathrm{kmol} / \mathrm{hr}\) of styrene. The bottoms product is to contain \(0.1 \mathrm{kmol} / \mathrm{hr}\) of ethylbenzene and \(346.2 \mathrm{kmol} / \mathrm{hr}\) of styrene. Determine a suitable operating pressure at the top of the tower noting that the bottoms temperature is limited to \(145^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to prevent the polymerization of styrene.

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Product And Process Design Principles Synthesis Analysis And Evaluation

ISBN: 9781119355243

4th Edition

Authors: Warren D. Seider, Daniel R. Lewin, J. D. Seader, Soemantri Widagdo, Rafiqul Gani, Ka Ming Ng

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