LAB # 3

Experiment # 3
 Boil-up ratio:
• The boil-up ratio is the fractional amount of liquid that is boiled back
into the column to the amount of liquid leaving.
Example:
OBJECTIVE
• To find the pressure drop in continuous distillation column
over a constant Boil-up rate.
Procedure:
• The experiment started when the power of control panel was turned on and all the valves
were closed except valve 10 on the reflux pipe and the boiler filled with 10 litres of
mixture to be distilled.
• The temperature was set to 79°C which is the temperature in the Reboiler.
• Valve V5 was opened and admitted the cooling water to the condenser approximately 2
litre/min.
• The reading of power approximately 0.5kW was set on the power controller and then the
content of the reboiler was warmed up which observed on the temperature readout
meter for 10 minutes heating.
• After 10 minutes pressure drops obtained on the manometer will recorded.
• The sample of 100ml was collected through valve V3 (opened valve) using measuring
cylinder, meanwhile the collecting time of the sample was recorded and the boil-up rate
(L/hr) was calculated based on the time taken.
• The refractive index (RI) of the collected sample was obtained by test using Refractometer.