UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LÉON

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS QUÍMICAS

INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA
PROCESOS DE SEPARACIÓN Y LABORATORIO
ASSIGNMENT PONCHON SAVARIT

Name : __________________________________________________ Group: _______ Date: __________________

1. A saturated liquid mixture of hexane (1) – octane (2) with z 1 = 0.60 is fed to a distillation column. The reflux ratio is
1.5 Rmin. The top product is 94 % mol of hexane and the bottom product is 10 %. The feed is a superheated vapor (H F=
14,500 cal/gmol). Assume that a total condenser is used and the column operates at 1 atm. Use an enthalpy scale of
-5000 to 30000 cal/gmol. (a) Find the minimum reflux ratio, (b) the equilibrium stages, (c) the optimal stage feed, and
(d) the liquid and vapor composition of the second stage.

VLE, fracción mol de n-hexano, 1 atm

x (liquido) 0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.58 0.7 1
y (vapor) 0 0.36 0.7 0.85 0.9 0.95 1

Diagrama entalpía-composición
Fracción molar
Entalpía cal/gmol
n-hexano
Líquido Sat. Vapor Sat.
0 7000 15,700
0.1 6300 15,400
0.3 5000 14,700
0.5 4100 13,900
0.7 3400 12,900
0.9 3100 11,600
1 3000 10,000

2. A saturated liquid mixture of hexane (1) – octane (2) with z 1 = 0.40 is fed to a distillation column. The reflux ratio is
1.2. The top product is 95 % mol of hexane and the bottom product is 10 %. (a) Find the minimum number of stages,
(b) the minimum reflux ratio, (c) the equilibrium stages, (c) the optimal stage feed. Assume that a total condenser is
used and the column operates at 1 atm.

Ph.D. Nancy Elizabeth Dávila Guzmán