De Guzman, Kim Paulo N.

Ponchon-Savarit Method
Dignadice, Joyce Reyen B. June 6, 2020
Montesa, Shania Angel M.

1000 kg/hr of a mixture containing 42 mole percent heptane and 58 mole percent ethyl
benzene is to be fractionated to a distillate containing 97 mole percent heptane and a
residue containing 99 mole percent ethyl benzene using a total condenser and feed at
its saturated liquid condition. The enthalpy-concentration data for the heptane-ethyl
benzene at 1 atm pressure are as follows:

Calculate the following:

a. Number of stages at R = 2.5
b. Condenser duty
c. Reboiler duty

Given:
F=1000 kg /h
x F =0.42
x D =0.97
x W =1−0.99=0.01
saturated liquid feed
P=1 atm
R=2.5

Required:
N stages
qC
qR
Solution:

kg kg kg
(
M W F =0. 42 100
kmol ) (
+ ( 1−0.42 ) 106 )
kmol
=103.48
kmol
kg
1000
h kmol
F= =9.6637
kg h
103.48
kmol

Overall material balance:

F=D+W
9.6637=D+W

MVC balance:

x F F=x D D+ x W W
0.42 ( 9.6637 ) =0.97 D+0.01W

Solving simultaneously,
kmol
D=4.1272
h
kmol
W =5.5365
h

Reflux ratio:
L0
R=
D
L0
2.5=
kmol
4.1272
h
kmol
L0=10.318
h

Overall material balance around condenser:

V 1=L0 + D
kmol kmol
V 1=10.318 +4.1272
h h
kmol
V 1=14.4452
h
Plotting H vs. composition,

H xD=−10256 ( 0.97 )4 +16930 ( 0.97 )3 −3703.7 ( 0.97 )2−5969.7 ( 0.97 )+24388

kJ
H xD=21,484.57
kmol

H xW =−10256 ( 0.01 )4 +16930 ( 0.01 )3−3703.7 ( 0.01 )2−5969.7 ( 0.01 ) +24388

kJ
H xW =24,327.95
kmol

H F=−10256 ( 0.42 ) 4 +16930 ( 0.42 )3 −3703.7 ( 0.42 )2−5969.7 ( 0.42 ) +24388

kJ
H F=22,162.57
kmol

H y 1=3240.5 ( 0.97 ) 4−10745 ( 0.97 )3 +6698.6 ( 0.97 )2 −7140 ( 0.97 ) +61209

kJ
H y 1=53,648.03
kmol

Energy balance around condenser:

q C =V 1 H y1 −L H xD −D H xD
kmol kJ kmol kJ kmol kJ
(
q C = 14.4452
h )(
53,648.03
kmol )(
− 10.318
h )(
21,484.57
kmol
− 4.1272
h)( 21,484.57
kmol )( )
 q C =464,607.61kJ / h
Energy balance around distiller:
q R =D H xD +W H xW + qC −F H F
kmol kJ kmol kJ kJ kmol
(
q R = 4.1272
h )(
21,484.57
kmol )(
+ 5.5365
h )(
24,327.95
kmol )(
+ 464,607.61 )(
h
− 9.6637
h )(22,162

q R =473,797.99 kJ /h

Q’:
' qC
Q =H xD +
D
kJ
464,607.61
kJ h
Q ' =21,484.57 +
kmol kmol
4.1272
h
kJ
Q ' =134,056.68
kmol

Q’’:
'' qR
Q =H xW −
W
kJ
473,797.99
kJ h
Q' ' =24,327.95 −
kmol kmol
5.5365
h
kJ
Q ' ' =−61,249.22
kmol
Plotting,

N stages =reboiler +10 plates