Simple shortcut methods for a quaternary system, easily modifie **See NIST Webbook

**Ideal VLE *Must choose adjacent relative volatilities as key components Antoine's constants (So
feed rate, F (mol/min) = 100 feed liquid fract, q = 1 zF1 = 0.25974026 log(p*
theoretical stages, Nideal = 16.305 P column (mm Hg) = 6205.77 z F2
= 0.350649351 compound
Distillate recovery of key components **Setup for recovery of species 1 & 2 zF3 = 0.25974026 methane
Feed overall mole fractions: Distillate 1 = 97.1% z F4
= 0.12987013 ethane
Sum = 1 Distillate 2 = 1.0% n-propane
n-butane
Preliminary Calculations Based on Light and Heavy Key Components to Estimate aij n-pentane
species i xF xFF Recovery xDD yD xBB xB n-hexane
n-butane 1 0.25974026 25.974 97.1% 25.22078 0.986287 0.7532468 0.0101 n-heptane
n-pentane 2 0.350649351 35.065 1.0% 0.350649 0.013713 34.714286 0.4664 n-octane
n-hexane 3 0.25974026 25.974 0 0 0 25.974026 0.3490 n-nonane
n-heptane 4 0.12987013 12.987 0 0 0 12.987013 0.1745 methanol
sum 1 100 25.57143 1 74.428571 1 methanol
i-propanol
Antoine Equation Constants: log(p*(torr))=A-B/(T(deg C) + C) Feed Temperature Calculation sec-butanol
T (C) = 110.53 Bottoms water
species A B C Tb (C) pi* (torr) Ki aFij KixF water
n-butane 6.8089557 935.8611791 238.73 0 13472.14 2.171 2.428 0.564 glycerin
n-pentane 6.85221 1064.63 232 0 5547.731 0.894 1.000 0.313
n-hexane 6.87601 1171.17 224.41 69 2395.533 0.386 0.432 0.100
n-heptane 6.89677 1264.9 216.54 98.4 1070.18 0.172 0.193 0.022
1.0000

Top Tray Dew Point Calculation Reboiler Bubble-Point Calculation

T (C) = 72.61 Distillate T (C) = 135.33 Bottoms
species pi* (torr) Ki aDij yD/Ki pi* (torr) Ki aBij KixB
n-butane 6353.314 1.024 2.792 0.963 ### 3.268 2.255 0.033
n-pentane 2275.628 0.367 1.000 0.037 8993.051 1.449 1.000 0.676
n-hexane 856.811 0.138 0.377 0.000 4172.511 0.672 0.464 0.235
n-heptane 332.7811 0.054 0.146 0.000 2004.305 0.323 0.223 0.056
sum = 1.001 1.0000

Relative Volatilities Hengstebeck-Geddes Eq

species <a> xDD xD xBB xB => log (di/bi) = a + b log (ai)
n-butane 2.48 25.22 0.99 0.75 0.01 a= -1.996
n-pentane 1.00 0.35 0.01 34.71 0.47 b= 8.917
n-hexane 0.42 0.00 0.00 25.97 0.35
n-heptane 0.18 0.00 0.00 12.99 0.17
25.57 1.00 74.43 1.00 guess f = 1.580933276

species Eq 22.29 Eq. 22.30 Calculate Optimal R from Olujics Eq

i term(i) term(i) Y= 1.120
1 0.72 2.72 X= 3.343
2 -0.60 -0.02 Ropt/Rmin= 1.293
3 -0.09 0.00 Ropt = 2.189
4 -0.02 0.00 Needed to fit plates
SaixDi/(ai-f) = 0.00 2.69 = SaixDi/(ai-f) factor = 1.163 R/Rmin
sum - (1-q) = 0.00 1.69 = Rmin R= 2.546 => 1.503440968

Calc Nmin from Fenske Eq 22.13 Nmin+1 = 8.917

Calculate N from Gilliland Correlation Fig 22.5

X= 0.24 Y= 0.43 => Nideal = 16.30

Calculate optimum feed stage location from Kirkbride equation

m/p = 1.169711988
m = 8.790110183 Optimum feed stage = 7.514765
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e's constants (Some taken from Lange's Handbook of Chemistry and Felder & Rousseau)
log(p*, mm Hg) = A - B/(T (deg C) + C)
A B C Tb (C) range
6.6118294808 259.6386 265.99 ln(mmHg), K
6.8026584762 656.4014 255.99 ln(mmHg), K
6.8297150224 813.199 247.99 ln(mmHg), K
6.8089557462 935.8612 238.73 ln(mmHg), K
6.85221 1064.63 232
6.87601 1171.17 224.41 69.0 -25 to 92
6.89677 1264.90 216.54 98.4 -2 to 124
6.91868 1351.99 209.15 125.7 19 to 152
6.93893 1431.82 202.01 150.8 39 to 179
7.8975 1474.08 229.13 65.0 -14 to 65
7.97328 1515.14 232.85 65.0 64 to 110
8.11778 1580.92 219.61 82.4 0 to 101
7.47431 1314.19 186.55 99.5 25 to 120
8.10765 1750.29 235.00 100.0 0 to 60
7.96681 1668.21 228.00 100.0 60 to 150
6.8239002047 1411.53 72.58 285.4

1,2,3, propanetriol = glycerin methanol

DHvap (kJ/mol) = 91.7 ± 0.9 37.83
Tbp (K) = 560 ± 40 65
CpL (J/mol-K) = 218.9 79.5