Class Tutorials

1. It is desired to fractionate a given mixture containing 30 mol% A into an overhead

product composition as 97 mol% A. Loss of A in the bottoms should not be more than
5% of the entering stream. Take the relative volatility of the system to be 4.8. A total
condenser is employed and reflux is saturated liquid. Determine the number of plates
at total reflux.

2. A mixture of 50 mol% A and 50 mol% B is subjected to batch distillation till one half
of the liquid is vaporized. If the average volatility of the system is 2.5, calculate the
composition of the liquid in the still and the overhead product.

3. It is desired to separate 100 kg of a feed mixture containing 60 % heptane and 40%

ethyl benzene by weight such that 60 kgs of the feed is distilled out. Determine the
composition of residue and distillate if the distillation is Differential distillation.
x 0 0.08 0.185 0.251 0.335 0.489 0.651 0.79 0.914 1.0
y 0 0.233 0.428 0.514 0.608 0.729 0.814 0.91 0.963 1.0
x, y is the mole fraction of heptane in liquid and vapour phase respectively.