Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Material Balance Problem #1

A mixture containing 45% benzene and 55 % tolune by mass is fed to distillation column. A overhead stream of 95 % benzene is produced, and 8% of benzene fed to column leaves in bottom stream. Feed rate is 2000 Kg/Hr.
Determine  -
i . Overhead flow rate
ii. Mass flow rate of benzene and tolune in the bottom stream

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