D23.

We wish to flash distill 1000 kmol/h of a feed that is

40 mol% methane, 5 mol% ethylene, 35% mole ethane, and 20 mol% n-hexane
Drum pressure is 2500 kPa and drum temperature is 0°C. Use the DePriester charts. Find V/F, xi , yi , V, F.

T °C 0
P kPa 2500
m kmol/h 1000

Comp A B C
METHANE 15.2243 897.84 -7.16 111.7 -161.45
ETHYLENE 15.5368 1347.01 -18.15 169.4 -103.75
ETHANE 15.6637 1511.42 -17.16 184.5 -88.65
N-HEXANE 15.8366 2697.55 -48.78 341.9 68.75

L/V 0.6
V/F 0.68531469
y 0.625
fig.2.12
comp zi ki xi yi F kmol/h V
methane 0.4 5.7 0.105 0.59685864 0.0004 373.0366492
ethylene 0.05 1.43 0.040 0.05683625 5E-05 35.52265501
ethane 0.35 0.98 0.354 0.34716599 0.00035 216.9787449
n-hexane 0.2 0.007 0.495 0.00346363 0.0002 2.164769916
1 0.994 1.00432451 1000 625