Problem 1:By perfoming sensitivity study for shortcut column, we can observe the perfomance of

shortcut column by changing R/Rmin as follows:

No. of stages ,feed stage location,number of min. stage,condenser duty,reboiler duty

Run R by Rmin no of stage feed stage condenser reboiler duty

# location duty kcal/hr kcal/h
0 1.1 17.9576 9.48606 -11338.3 691.217
1 1.14 16.9933 9.00349 -11580.7 933.593
2 1.18 16.2151 8.61408 -11823 1175.97
3 1.22 15.559 8.28575 -12065.4 1418.34
4 1.26 14.9952 8.00358 -12307.8 1660.72
5 1.3 14.5047 7.75815 -12550.2 1903.1
6 1.34 14.0741 7.54265 -12792.5 2145.47
7 1.38 13.6929 7.35189 -13034.9 2387.85
8 1.42 13.3531 7.18183 -13277.3 2630.22
9 1.46 13.0482 7.02925 -13519.7 2872.6
10 1.5 12.773 6.89156 -13762 3114.98

Problem 2:By perfoming sensitivity study for shortcut column, we can observe the perfomance
of shortcut column by changing R/Rmin as follows:
No. of stages ,feed stage location,number of min. stage,condenser duty,reboiler duty
Run R by Rmin no. of stage feed stage condense duty reboiler duty total energy
# location kcal/hr kcal/hr required
0 1 381.342 313.149 -2.21E+06 538016 -1674404
1 1.03 54.9031 45.2387 -2.26E+06 590350 -1674410
2 1.06 49.4373 40.7528 -2.32E+06 642684 -1674406
3 1.09 46.4105 38.2687 -2.37E+06 695018 -1674402
4 1.12 44.0794 36.3555 -2.42E+06 747351 -1674409
5 1.15 42.1491 34.7713 -2.47E+06 799685 -1674405
6 1.18 40.5091 33.4254 -2.53E+06 852019 -1674411
7 1.21 39.0955 32.2652 -2.58E+06 904353 -1674407
8 1.24 37.8639 31.2544 -2.63E+06 956687 -1674403
9 1.27 36.781 30.3657 -2.68E+06 1.01E+06 -1674410
10 1.3 35.8214 29.5781 -2.74E+06 1.06E+06 -1674410
11 1.33 34.9649 28.8752 -2.79E+06 1.11E+06 -1674410
12 1.36 34.1957 28.2439 -2.84E+06 1.17E+06 -1674410
13 1.39 33.5009 27.6737 -2.89E+06 1.22E+06 -1674400
14 1.42 32.8701 27.156 -2.95E+06 1.27E+06 -1674410
15 1.45 32.2946 26.6836 -3.00E+06 1.32E+06 -1674410
16 1.48 31.7673 26.2509 -3.05E+06 1.38E+06 -1674400
17 1.51 31.2823 25.8529 -3.10E+06 1.43E+06 -1674410
18 1.54 30.8346 25.4855 -3.15E+06 1.48E+06 -1674400
19 1.57 30.42 25.1452 -3.21E+06 1.53E+06 -1674410
20 1.6 30.0349 24.8291 -3.26E+06 1.58E+06 -1674410