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How Can The Purity and Recovery of Acetone Be Raised?
How Can The Purity and Recovery of Acetone Be Raised?
How Can The Purity and Recovery of Acetone Be Raised?
In the commercial manufacture of acetic anhydride from acetone and acetic acid, streams containing acetone (1)
(normal boiling point = 56 oC) and acetic anhydride (2) occur (normal boiling point = 139.5 oC). One such stream
contains 30 kmol/h of acetone and 70 kmol/h of acetic anhydride. As the boiling points differ widely, flash
separation of this mixture at 105 oC and 1 atm is recommended. 𝐾1 = 4.078 and 𝐾2 = 0.317
Vapour, V, yi Apply Rachford-Rice equation and solve this
problem
Feed, F, zi 𝑛
𝐾𝑖 − 1 𝑧𝑖
=0
1 + ∅ 𝐾𝑖 − 1
𝑖=1
Liquid, L, xi
4.078 − 1 × 0.3 0.317 − 1 × 0.7 ∅ = 0.212 solves this equation 21.2% of feed is vapourized
+ =0
1 + ∅ 4.078 − 1 1 + ∅ 0.317 − 1
𝑧1 0.3
Find liquid and vapour compositions 𝑥1 = = = 0.182 𝑥2 = 1 − 𝑥1 = 0.818
1+∅ 𝐾1 −1 1+0.212×3.078
LT,N,
• Intermediate vapour and liquid streams VT,2, xT,N
yT,2 LT,4,
are RECYCLED to immediately upstream separator xT,4
LT,2,
F=100 xT,2
kmol/h
z=0.3 VB,2,
yB,2
VB,3,
yB,3
LB,1,
xB,1
VB,4,
LB,2, yB,4
VB,NB,
xB,2
yB,NB
LB,3,
xB,3
LB,NB,
xB,NB
VT,N,
yT,N HOW ABOUT CARRYING OUT ALL FLASHES IN
ONE SINGLE COLUMN? NIFTY IDEA!
LT,N,
VT,2, xT,N
yT,2 LT,4,
xT,4
VT,1,
yT,1 LT,3,
xT,3
LT,2,
F=100 xT,2
kmol/h
z=0.3 VB,2,
yB,2
VB,3,
yB,3
LB,1,
xB,1
VB,4,
LB,2, yB,4
VB,NB,
xB,2
yB,NB
LB,3,
xB,3
LB,NB,
xB,NB