CLL703 Process Engineering -- Tut Sheet 2

10. 9. 2021

1. JMD – Ch. 6 ; Problems 6.8-3 and 6.8-7

2. RS – Ch. 13 ; Prob. 2

3. RS – Ch. 6 ; Prob. 1

4. RS – Ch. 11 ; Prob. 7

5. A stream of following composition is to be separated into the pure components by a sequence of

distillation columns.
kmol/hr Rel. Volatility
A. Propane 80 6.4
B. 1-Butene 130 3.5
C. n-butane 55 2.0
D. n-Pentane 190 1.0

1-butene is a reactive component. Compare the sequences by which it can be removed as early as possible.
Assume sharp separations and use Total Vapor Load as the criterion. RF = 1.1 . Which heuristics, if any, are
violated in the above determined sequence ?

[ JMD – J.M. Douglas book ; RS – Robin Smith book ]