A single beer column with 11 trays is used to recover the ethanol from a dilute waterethanol

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A single beer column with 11 trays is used to recover the ethanol from a dilute waterethanol mixture. The feed, with a flowrate of 6 kg/s, enters as saturated liquid with a composition of 15% by weight of ethanol. The column operates with a reflux ratio L/D of 3.

The residue is expected to have 2% by weight of ethanol. Determine the maximum concentration of ethanol in the distillate and the flowrates of residue and distillate.

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