BATCH DISTILLATION

A liquid mixture containing 35% mole heptane and 65% mole octane (=2.16) is
subjected to differential method at atmospheric condition with 65% of the liquid
distilled. Determine the composition of the distillate and bottoms.

FLASH DISTILLATION
1. If a 20% benzene in toluene mixture is the feed to an equilibrium still and if the
vapor and liquid streams are withdrawn in a ratio of 2 mole vapor to 1 mole liquid,
what is the composition of the vapor and liquid. At what temperature is the still?

2. If a mixture of water and 0.30 mole fraction of ethanol is the feed to an equilibrium
still, and if the vapor stream contains 0.42 mole fraction ethanol, what is the
composition of the liquid and what is the ratio of the vapor to the liquid?

3. A feed 60% mol hexane and 40% mol octane is fed to a pipe still through a flash
disengaging chamber. The vapor and liquid leaving the chamber are assumed to be
in equilibrium. If the fraction of the feed converted to vapor is 0.5, find the
composition of the top and bottom products. Equilibrium data for this system is
given below:
Mol fraction of hexane in the
liquid
Mol fraction of hexane in the
vapor

1.0

0.69

0.40

0.192

0.045

1.0

0.932

0.78

0.538

0.177
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4. A mixture of 100 mol containing 60 mol %