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A given process is designed to recover 1-butanol from a feed gas stream which contains both 1-butanol and air.
The feed gas stream has a flow rate of 240 kmol/hr and it is 35% (by mole) 1-butanol. This stream is fed into a condenser which is operating atT= 120oC andP= 4.5 atm. The vapor stream and liquid stream that leave this condenser are in phase equilibrium. The 1-butanol in the liquid stream is considered to be recovered.
Assume that air is a non-condensable species and that only1-butanol will condense.
a) Find the composition (mole fraction) of the vapor exit stream.
b) Find the flow rate (kmol/hr) of the vapor exit stream.
c) Find the fraction of the original 1-butanol recovered.
Consider the following changes to the process. The pressure of the consider is maintained at P = 4.5atm. The goal is to achieve a fractional 1-butanol recovery of 75%.
d) Find the new temperature (oC) of the condenser.
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