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methanol is fed to a column with a liquid feed fraction with a flow rate of 14460 kg/st methanol and 10440 kg/st water. The q value of this feed is given as 1.12. It is desired to obtain upper and lower products containing 99% mol methanol and 99% mol water, respectively. since the rate of rifling for this process at a pressure of 1 atm is R:1, the;
a) The amount of distillate and sub-product,
b) The theoretical number of shelves required for this column,
c) Find out which shelf the feed should be made from.
(Msu : 18 g/mol, Mmetanol: 32 g/mol)


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To solve this problem, we can use the concept of the McCabe-Thiele method for binary distillation. The McCabe-Thiele method assumes ideal behavior and constant molar overflow. Here's how we can solve the problem: a) Amount of distillate and sub-product: First, let's convert the flow rates of methanol and water from kg/st to mol/s: Molar flow rate of methanol (n_MeOH) = 14460 kg/st / 32 g/mol = 452.8125 mol/s Molar flow rate of water (n_water) = 10440 kg/st / 18 g/mol = 580 mol/s Usi...
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