DESIGN PROBLEM

Q. Design a fractionating column to separate 9000 kg/hr of a mixture of 40% by weight AcOH & 60% by weight Me2CO at atmospheric pressure into overhead product containing 99% by weight Me2CO & bottom product containing 98% by weight AcOH. A reflux ratio of twice the minimum is to be used. The feed is liquid at 25oC. Murphee plate efficiency is 70%. Make process design. Calculate 1) the no of ideal plates & actual plates 2) height of distillation column & diameter of distillation column 3) make detail design of sieve plate. 4) verify weep point. 5) decrease in pressure 6) down-comer liquid back-up. 7) residense time in down-comer. 8) entrainment. Make mechanical design of 1) shell of distillation column, 2) top & bottom head 3) nozzles & other accessories. Select suitable material of construction for distillation column. The steam at 1.5 kg/cm 2 gauge pressure is available for heating re-boiler. Calculate steam requirement per hr for re-boiler. Cooling water enters the condenser at 28oC & leaves the condenser at 40oC. Calculate cooling water requirement per hour in the condenser. Vapour-liquid equilibrium data at 760mm Hg are given below.

Temp(toC)
112.1 107.4 104.6 94.3 90.4 86.3 78.6 70.8 65.6 60.7

Me2CO mol%(x)
4.2 8.2 15.8 22.6 27.1 30.7 43.3 55.0 66.8 93.5 [4]

Me2CO mol%(y)
10.8 22.5 35.6 56.4 63.0 70.9 84.4 91.8 96.6 99.7

SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AcOH & Me2CO

PROPERTIES MOLECULAR WEIGHT BUBBLE POINT (OC) MELTING POINT (OC) LATENT HEAT OF VAPORISATION HEAT CAPACITY AcOH 60 118.2 16.68 96.75 (cal/gm) 0.56 (cal/gmOC) Me2CO 58 51.13 -94.3 126 (cal/gm) 0.52(cal/gmOC)

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