I am going to take a further step in trying to impress upon you - and all other

potential or future engineers presently studying Chemical Engineering on what I

mean by typical, detailed, and legible engineering calculations. Some years ago I
took the time to transcribe a typical condenser calculation found in Donald Kern's
famous book into step-wise, detailed calculations on a spread sheet in order to
show the detailed calculations and how they are justified and carried out for the
benefit of Chemical Engineering students. I am attaching this spread sheet for
your (and all other interested students') benefit to see exactly what I mean by
engineering calculations.

The example worked out is based on a pure propanol total condenser. Note that
your assignment may not involve a pure methanol vapor. Because you continue to
be deficient in describing your specific problem, we don't know the actual
composition of your condensed vapor. You will have to furnish that. Kern spends
two chapters in discussing and calculating condensers - one for pure vapors, the
other for mixed vapors. As I recommended before (and you said you would follow
up), you should obtain Kern's book and study it diligently if you want to fully
understand what is going on in a condenser and how the problem is attacked - and
why. Engineering is NOT about simply using equations to solve problems. You
have to first fully understand the applicable equation and WHY it can be applied.
You also have to fully understand and know how and why a unit operation works
the way it is supposed to operate. If you don't know the workings and details of a
unit operation, you will always fail in trying to calculate any operation taking place
within it. I hope you take my words seriously and recognize how much you have
to study and master before you can seriously take on an engineering application.

Engineering is hard, dedicated, and serious work. That is why many may be called
to the profession, but few are chosen. I hope you take on this challenge and
respond with positive steps in taking on this unit operations problem with positive
results.