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Sample Problem #5

The document describes a problem involving removing a solute Q from heavy oil using a stripping column with air. The inlet oil contains 20% Q and flows at 100 moles/hour, and the goal is to reduce Q to 1%. Air flows at 1000 moles/hour and contains no Q. Equilibrium data shows the vapor mole fraction of Q is 1.5 times the liquid mole fraction at 60°C and 2.2 atm. The outlet gas composition and number of equilibrium stages needed must be determined.

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Sample Problem #5

The document describes a problem involving removing a solute Q from heavy oil using a stripping column with air. The inlet oil contains 20% Q and flows at 100 moles/hour, and the goal is to reduce Q to 1%. Air flows at 1000 moles/hour and contains no Q. Equilibrium data shows the vapor mole fraction of Q is 1.5 times the liquid mole fraction at 60°C and 2.2 atm. The outlet gas composition and number of equilibrium stages needed must be determined.

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Sample Problem #5:

We wish to remove solute Q from a heavy oil steam by


stripping the oil with air the column will operate at 60 º and
2.2 atm pressure. At this temperature and pressure the oil can
be considered nonvolatile and the air is insoluble in the oil.
The inlet liquid flows at 100 moles per hour (total flow rate)
and is 20 mole % Q and 80 mpl % heavy oil. We wish to
reduce the concentration of Q in the oil to 1 mole % Q. the
inlet air steam contain no Q and flows at 1000 m oles per
hour.Equilibrium data at 60 degrees and 2.2 atm have been
obtained is the laboratory and can be expressed as mole
fraction Q in vapor = 1.5 mole fraction Q in liquid. Find the
outlet gas composition and the number of equilibrium stages
required for this operation.
Required:
Composition of the outlet gas
Number of equilibrium Stages
Solution: Ln+1= 100 mols/hr N Vn
Xn+1= 0.2 Yn= ?

T= 60° C
P= 2.2 Atm

X1= 0.01 Vo= 100 mols/hr


L1 1 Yo= 0
Bottom Coordinate
Y1= 100-(0.99*100)
Y1= 1 / 99 = 0.01

Yo = 0 / 100
Yo = 0

Top Coordinate:
Xn+1= (0.2)(100) / (0.8)(100)
Xn+1= 0.25

Yn = L’/V’ (Xn+1 - X1) + Yo


Yn = 80/100 (0.25 – 0.01) + 0.01
Yn = 0.192
Bottom Coordinate: (0, 0.01)
Top Coordinate: (0.25, 0.192)

Equilibrium Line: y = 1.5 x

x X= x/(x-1) y=1.5x Y= y/(1-y)


0 0 0 0
0.15 0.176 0.225 0.29

Equilibrium Line Coordinate: (0.176, 0.29)


0.4

0.35

0.3
(0.176,0.29)
0.25
Equilibrium Line
0.2 1
y

(0.25,0.192)
0.15
0.1 2
Operating Line
0.05 3
4 N = 4.20
5 (0.01,0)
0
(0,0)
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
X

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