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F moles per hour of an n-component natural gas stream is introduced as feed to a flash vaporization tank, the resulting vapor and liquid streams are withdrawn at the rate of V and L moles per hour, respectively. The mole freactions of the components in the feed, vapor, and liquid are designated by zi, yi, and xi, respectively (i=1, 2, , n). Assuming vapor-liquid equilibrium and steady-state operation, we have: Overall balance F=L+V Individual component balances ziF=xiL+yiV i=1, 2, , n Equilibrium relations Ki=yi/xi i=1, 2, , n Here, Ki is the equilibrium constant for the ith component at the prevailing temerature and pressure in the tank. From these equations and the fact that

x i = y i = 1
i=1 i =1

we can derive the following equation:

V ( Ki i1 )+ F =1
i=1 i

zKF

Using the data given in the table below, solve the above equation for V. Also calculate the values of L, the xi, and the yi by using the first three equations given above. The test data in the table relates to flshing of a natural gas stream at 11 MPa and 321 K. Assume that F = 100 mol/h. Component i zi Ki Methane Carbon dioxide Ethane Propane i-Butane n-Butane Pentanes Hexanes Heptanes+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.8345 0.0046 0.0381 0.0163 0.0050 0.0074 0.0287 0.0220 0.0434 3.090 1.650 0.720 0.390 0.210 0.175 0.093 0.065 0.036

2.The Underwood equation for multicomponent distillation is given as n z F ( j jF ) F ( 1 q )=0 j= 1 j where F = molar feed flow rate n = number of components in the feed zjF = mole fraction of each component in the feed q = quality of the feed j = relative volatility of each component at average column conditions = root of the equation It has been shown by Underwood that (n-1) of the roots of this equation lie between the values of the relative volatilities as shown below: n < n-1 < n-1 < n-2< < 3 < 2 < 2 < 1 < 1 Evaluate the (n-1) roots of this equation for the case shown in the followng table: Component in feed Mole fraction, zjF Relative volatility, j C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.30 0.05 0.30 0.10 0.05 10.00 5.00 2.05 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.90 0.10

Consider F = 100 mol/h and q = 1.0 (saturated liquid).