UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G6
K. Nandakumar
Ph: 780-492-5810, Fax: 780-492-2881, e-mail: kumar.nandakumar@ualberta.ca
D. Monder
e-mail: dmonder@ualberta.ca
Ch E 416 Equilibrium Stage Processes Fall 2006
Formula sheet
Phase rule
P +V = C + 2 (1)
Constant relative volatility model
y =
x
1 + ( 1)x
x =
y
( 1)y
(2)
Binary Flash - operating line
y =
((V/F) 1)
V/F
x +
z
(V/F)
(3)
Rice-Rachford equation for multicomponent ash
f() :=

i
(K
i
1)z
i
1 + (K
i
1)
= 0 (4)
where = V/F. Recall q = L/F and = 1 q. The compositions are given by,
x
i
=
z
i
1 + (K
i
1)
Degrees of freedom
(N
V
)
unit
=

e
(N
V
)
e
N
R
(C + 3) +N
A
(5)
(N
E
)
unit
=

e
(N
E
)
e
N
R
(6)
(N
D
)
unit
= (N
V
)
unit
(N
E
)
unit
(7)
=

e
(N
D
)
e
N
R
(C + 2) +N
A
(8)
where N
V
is the number of variables, N
E
the number of equations, N
D
the degrees of freedom,
N
R
the number of redundant streams, N
A
is the number of additional variables that appear
when you combine the elements, and C is the number of components. The subscript e
denotes an element in the cascade and the subscript unit denotes the cascade itself.