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EXAMPLE I: Calculate the Mixing properties of two streams

with three components (Water, Butanol, N-Butyl-acetate)

1.- Process Flow Diagram and Heat and Material Table

2.- Volume Flow (l/min and Actual cubic feet per minute (ACFM)
that is a unit of volumetric capacity. It is commonly used by
manufacturers of blowers and compressors) of output stream:

3.- Total Mass Flow (in kg/h and in tons/day) of output stream:
4.- Mole flow of final stream (kmol/h):
5.- Temperature of final stream (C):
6.- Brake Power and electricity of the Pump:
Fluid power [kW], Calculated brake power [kW],
Electricity [kW]

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Example II: Water (W) and Acetic acid (HAc) liquid mixture
separation by Flash

We will try to separate by flash, 100 kmol/hr of a liquid

mixture of water (50% molar) and acetic (50 % molar) that is
available at 1 atm. The flash equipment is working at 1 atm
and 105 C.
Using the Method NRTL, please obtain:

1.- Process Flow Diagram

2.- Boiling Point of pure components Water and Acetic Acid.
Is the Flash working below the critical point of the mixture ?
as and Critical temperature
Tcm = xi.Tci
3.- What are the flowrates, vapour fraction, T, P and
compositions of the two outlets
4.- Obtain the graphically the composition of the outlet
streams (Figure T vs composition of water and Figure T vs.
composition of Acetic acid) (Figures T-xy)
Figure T vs. xw and yw
5.- Heat Duty of the Flash (cal/s)

Figure T vs. xHAc and yHAc

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