Course Project Presentation

on
MULTICOMPONENT DISTILLATION

by

Sachin Shinde (57), Sanjay Surwase (64), Chinmay Thete (67),

Faraaz Usmani (69), Meher Yede(76)

of
TY Chemical Engineering

Under Guidance of

Prof. Tanushree Bhattacharjee

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
Contents

⮚ Introduction
⮚ Key Components
⮚ Problem Statement
⮚ Methodology
⮚ Conclusion
⮚ References
⮚
Multicomponent Distillation

Mixture of volatile compounds separates based on their boiling

points.
Mixture moves up the column, high boiling compounds
concentrate on lower stages

Uses basic principles of liquid-vapor equilibrium mixtures.

At equilibrium conditions, the rate of vaporization equals the rate

of condensation.

Equilibrium mixture is established on each stage.

Key Components

1. Convenient first to list the feed components in order of their relative

volatility.

2. More volatile components are called light, the less volatile are heavy.

3. Light non-key (LNK) is referred when non-key is more volatile than

the light key.

4. Heavy non-key (HNK) is less volatile than the heavy key.

5. Proper selection of key components is important.

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Methodology

Gilliland Correlation
• Graphical correlation for estimating the number of equilibrium
trays in rectifying columns as a function of the external reflux
ratio.
Results

• Minimum number of stages = 14

• Actual number of stages = 25

DWSIM Calculations
1. Flow rate at Bottom = 2755 kmol/hr 1. Flow rate at Bottom = 2742 kmol/hr

2. Flow rate at Distillate = 2245 kmol/hr 2. Flow rate at Distillate = 2258 kmol/hr
 Conclusion

● Multicomponent distillation calculations are classified as design or rating methods.

● In the former, the number of stages have to be determined given the recovery of key
components and in the latter the composition of products have to be found given the
number stages.
● From the calculations and simulation, we found that the flow rates from simulation and
calculations are close enough.
 References

• Mass-transfer operations by Robert Ewald Treybal

• Fundamentals of Multicomponent Distillation by Charles D. Holland

• Multicomponent Distillation by F. Grisofi 2009

• Short-Cut Methods for Multicomponent Distillation A. Narváez-García, J.C. Zavala-Loría, A. Ruiz-Marín and Y.
Canedo- López 2016

• A simple design method for multicomponent distillation columns D.P.Rao*, Amit Kumar, Ashok Kumar,
Devendra Agarwal, Abhishek Sinha Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
208016, India

• https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-multicomponent-distillation.htm
 Home Assignment Presentation
Survey on

SOLVENT CHOICE IN LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION

by

Sachin Shinde (57), Sanjay Surwase (64), Chinmay Thete (67),

  Faraaz Usmani (69), Meher Yede(76)

of
TY Chemical Engineering

Under Guidance of

Prof. Tanushree Bhattacharjee

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
Solvent Selection

Distribution
01 Coefficient 02 Selectivity

Insolubility of
03 Solvent 04 Recoverability
Solvent Selection

Interfacial
05 Density 06 Tension

Chemical Viscosity, Vapor

07 Reactivity 08 Pressure,
Freezing Point
Types of Solvent Extraction

Solvating Cationic
01 Extraction 02 Extraction

Anionic Chelating
03 Extraction 04 Extraction
Solvating Extraction

• Solvent Used :
1. Tri Butyl Phosphate (TBP)
2. Tri Octyl Phosphine Oxide (TOPO)
3. Methyl Iso Butyl Ketones (MIBK)
• Applications :
Extraction/separation of Lead, Zinc, Iron, Uranium, Cadmium, Zirconium &
Plutonium etc
Chelating Extraction

• Solvent Used :
1. Lix 63
2. Lix 65
3. Kelex 100
• Applications :
• Extraction/separation of Copper, Nickel, Cobalt
Conclusion

• Efficient solvent extraction requires the identification of a solvent.

• With the correct combination of physicochemical and solvation
properties.
References

1. Mass Transfer Operations B.K Dutta

2. Mass Transfer Operations R. Trebyl
3. Solvent Selection for Liquid-Phase Extraction Colin F. Poole Department
of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
4. GILLILAND’S CORRELATION: A CASE STUDY IN REGRESSION
ANALYSIS Richard A. Davis University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth,
Minnesota, 55812
5. http://www.separationprocesses.com/Extraction/SE_Solvent.htm