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Dew and Bubble Point Calculations

This document contains 4 assignments related to calculating properties of multi-component vapor-liquid equilibrium. Assignment 1 involves calculating vapor and liquid compositions from a flash distillation column for varying vapor-to-feed ratios using analytical and graphical methods. Assignment 2 involves calculating the bubble point temperature of a liquid mixture. Assignment 3 involves calculating the pressure inside a partial condenser given compositions and temperature. Assignment 4 involves calculating dew point and bubble point pressures and temperatures for a given mixture, and verifying vapor-liquid equilibrium conditions in a flash reactor operating at a specified pressure and temperature.

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Dew and Bubble Point Calculations

This document contains 4 assignments related to calculating properties of multi-component vapor-liquid equilibrium. Assignment 1 involves calculating vapor and liquid compositions from a flash distillation column for varying vapor-to-feed ratios using analytical and graphical methods. Assignment 2 involves calculating the bubble point temperature of a liquid mixture. Assignment 3 involves calculating the pressure inside a partial condenser given compositions and temperature. Assignment 4 involves calculating dew point and bubble point pressures and temperatures for a given mixture, and verifying vapor-liquid equilibrium conditions in a flash reactor operating at a specified pressure and temperature.

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Institut für Verfahrenstechnik THERMISCHE VERFAHRENSTECHNIK I

Exercise 6: Dew point and bubble point calculation

Assignment date: Due date:

Assignment 1
We are flash distilling a mixture of ethanol and propanol. This mixture is ideal and
has a constant of relative volatility αEP equals to 2.10. The feed to the flash still is
100 kmoles/hr containing 0.6 mole fraction ethanol. Your supervisor wants to know
the effect of varying the ratio V/F. Find the composition of the liquid and vapor
leaving the still for values of V/F = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0.

a) Find the solution analytically. No graphs allowed.


b) Solve the problem graphically. This will require a y-x plot for αEP = 2.10.
c) Plot compositions of vapor and liquid leaving the still versus V/F for part b.
d) We desire an outlet liquid composition of 0.5. What value of V/F do we use to
obtain this? Solve graphically.

Assignment 2 D=V*F, y

A liquid mixture containing Methane,


Ethane and n-Butane is evaporated at a
constant pressure of 760 mmHg. Calculate p, T
F, z
the temperature of the liquid mixture for a
feed which has the following composition:
0.001 (methane), 0.458 (Ethane), 0.541
(n-Butane). Consider an accuracy of 1 °C.
S=(1-V)*F, x
Tipp: bubble-point.
Fig. 1: Flash reactor

Assignment 3
The gas stream of a partial condenser has a composition in Methane, Ethane, n-
Butane of resp. 0.30, 0.69, 0.01. In the condenser there is a temperature of 230 K.
Which is the pressure inside the condenser? Tipp: dew-point.

TVT I - Prof. Marco Mazzotti


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Institut für Verfahrenstechnik THERMISCHE VERFAHRENSTECHNIK I

Assignment 4

a) Calculate the dew point and the bubble point pressure of a mixture of 0.05
Methane, 0.55 Ethane, and 0.40 n-Butane when the temperature is 220 K.

b) Calculate the bubble point temperature of the mixture for a pressure of 3 bar
(accuracy: 1 °C).

c) Verify that when the feed composition of Methane, Ethane, n-Butane is resp. of
0.05, 0.55, 0.40, and in the flash reactor there is a pressure of 3 atm and a
temperature of 220K, the stream going out of the flash reactor are in a liquid-
vapor equilibrium.

d) Calculate the relative amount of the leaving gas with respect to the feed and the
composition of all the streams.
y i Pis (T)
Ki = = (Dalton, Raoult)
xi P

Data (for assignments 2, 3, and 4):

ln Pi(T) = A - B / (T + C) A B C Tb Tb
mmHg, K bei 1 atm bei 3atm

Methane 15.2243 897.84 -7.16 112 K 127 K

Ethane 15.6637 1511.42 -17.16 185 K 208 K

n-Butane 15.6782 2154.90 -34.42 273 K 306 K

TVT I - Prof. Marco Mazzotti


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