CENG 3210 Separation Processes

Tutorial 10

The ternary equilibrium data of trichloroethane (C)-acetone (A)-water (B) at 25oC, 1 atm, are given
in the following table.

Water phase (mass fraction) Trichloroethane phase (mass fraction)

Acetone Water Trichloroethane Acetone Water Trichloroethane
(xA) (xB) (xC) (yA) (yB) (yC)
0 0.9956 0.0044 0 0.0011 0.9989
0.0596 0.9352 0.0052 0.0875 0.0032 0.9093
0.1000 0.894 0.0060 0.1500 0.0060 0.8440
0.1397 0.8535 0.0068 0.2078 0.0090 0.7832
0.1905 0.8016 0.0079 0.2766 0.0133 0.7101
0.2763 0.7133 0.0104 0.3939 0.0240 0.5821
0.3573 0.6267 0.0160 0.4821 0.0426 0.4753
0.4605 0.5020 0.0375 0.5740 0.0890 0.3370
0.58 0.22 0.2 0.58 0.22 0.2

(1) Plot the equilibrium curve on the right-angle triangle diagram.

(2) Draw the tie lines
(3) Construct the conjugate line.

In a single stage extractor, pure trichloroethane solvent is used to extract acetone from an acetone-
water solution containing 54 kg acetone and 66 kg water. It is required to reduce the acetone
content in the raffinate to below 10% (mass %), calculate

(4) The amount of trichloroethane required.

(5) The mass in the extract phase and its acetone mass fraction