UIT-RGPV (Autonomous) Bhopal

Department of Petrochemical Technology

Semester: VI
Mid semester II Exam, 23 May 2021
Time :04.20PM To 05.15 PM

Subject code – PC 601 Subject: Mass Transfer -II

Time: 55 Minutes Max. Marks: 20
Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries equal marks.

1. 2000 kg of a batch of pyridine – water solution containing 50 % percent pyridine by

weight is to be extracted with an equal weight of chlorobenzene. The raffinate from the first
extraction is to be extracted with a weight of solvent equal to the raffinate product and so on
(S2 = R1, S3 = R2) etc.
(i) What is the exit concentration and percent recovery of pyridine after three stages?
(ii) If all the solvent is used in a single stage, what is the percent recovery and exit
Data: The equilibrium and the tie line data are given below. (15 Marks)
Chlorobenzene layer (C. B.) Water layer
Pyridine, y C. B. Water Pyridine, x C. B. Water
0.0 99.95 0.05 0 0.08 99.92
11.05 88.28 0.67 5.02 0.16 94.82
18.95 79.90 1.15 11.05 0.24 88.71
24.10 74.28 1.62 18.90 0.38 80.72
28.60 69.15 2.25 25.50 0.58 73.92
31.55 65.58 2.87 36.10 1.85 62.05
35.05 61.00 3.95 44.95 4.18 50.87
40.60 53.00 6.40 53.20 8.90 37.90
49.00 37.8 13.2 49.00 37.8 13.20

2. 150 kg of a nicotine -water solution containing one percentage nicotine is to be extracted

with 250 kg of kerosine at 20℃. water and kerosine are essentially immiscible in each other.
Determine the percentage extraction of nicotine after one stage operation. At the dilute end of
the system, the equilibrium relationship is,
Y* =0.798 X
Where, Y and X are expressed as kg nicotine/kg kerosine and kg nicotine /kg water,
respectively. (5 Marks)