a.

W kg Water Evaporates

Feed 100 kg solution

S kg solution

30.6 Ba(NO3)2 / 100 kg H2O

Ba(NO3)2 / 100 kg H2O

8.6

C kg Crystals Ba(NO 3)2

Basis = 100 kg of feed solution

Cool to 17oC, solubility = 8.6 kg Ba(NO3)2 /100 kg H2O
MW of feed solution = 130.6 kg/Kmol
MW of S solution = 108.6 kg/Kmol
H2O balance:
100
100
( 100 ) =
S
130.6
108.6
S=83.1547 kg Solution

Ba(NO3)2 balance:
30.6
8.60
( 100 ) =
S+C
130.6
108.6
30.6
8.60
( 100 ) =
( 83.1547)+C
130.6
108.6
C=16.8453 Kg Crystal

b).
Table 1: Equations used in excel calculation

Fraction
Water
Evaporate

Amount of
Water
Evaporates
(kg Water)

Crystal Yield (Kg crystal)

Flow rate Water Feed

(kg Water)

0
0.01
0.03
0.05
0.07
0.09

(B3*E3)
(B4*E4)
(B5*E5)
(B6*E6)
(B7*E7)
(B8*E8)

(15.48+0.0792*C3)/(0.9208)
(15.48+0.0792*C4)/(0.9208)
(15.48+0.0792*C5)/(0.9208)
(15.48+0.0792*C6)/(0.9208)
(15.48+0.0792*C7)/(0.9208)
(15.48+0.0792*C8)/(0.9208)

76.5697
76.5697
76.5697
76.5697
76.5697
76.5697