Separate a mixture of 60 mot % benzene and 40 mol

% toluene in a batch distillation to obtain a residual

of 10 mol % benzene.

Assume a is constant at 2.9 and column holdup is

negligible.
Under the above assumptions, the Rayleigh equation can be integrated, resulting in Eq. (15-29).

Substituting, assume L; =100 kg mols

1 n 0.1(1-0.6) +In (1-0.6)

=- I
1.9 0.6(1-0.1) (1-0.1)
=-1.3698-Q.�l09 =-2.1807
L; =(100)(0.113) =11.3 kg mols
By a material balance
Batch Still
Start End Receiver
Benzene 60 1.13 58.87
Toluene 40 10.17 29.83
100 11.3 88.7

Mol fraction of benzene in the receiver is

Mol fraction = 58.87 / 88.7 = 0.664 or 66.4•/o
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