Point C This can be confirmed by founding the

recuperated fraction of the process, which

The purpose of this part was to simulate
with a sequence of decanters; in this case
the system consists of two stages, as we
can see in figure n
in this case is the relation between acetic
acid flow in R2 and acetic acid flow in the
feed. For this simulation we found a
recuperated fraction of 96%, given a high
value, since the acetic acid is the one
component desired to clean the
configuration is well suited.

After running the simulation, the

following the data was obtain. (Annex 1)

As seen in this configuration the solvent is

recirculated therefore its effective, since
the extract stream in the first decanter has
a high concentration of solute (acetic acid)
therefore the concentration of this
contaminant in the raffinate will be lower
which is the desired result.

On the other hand, when the solvent

stream enters the second decanter it is
almost pure and the concentration in R2 is
relative high, therefore the operation can
be improved by changing the conditions

in a way that we can obtain more solvent

in stream E2 (Recirculated stream), in this
way we can improved the efficiency of the
solvent in decanter 1.

The results shown indicate that exists a

better transfer with this configuration, this
is the reason for obtaining more purity in
the flow since this allows the solvent to
recover more acetic acid.