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The stream from a gas well is a mixture containing 50-mol-% methane, 10-mol-% ethane, 20-
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Write the mole fraction of components in the feed as follows:

Mole fraction of methane is .

Mole fraction of ethane is .

Mole fraction of propane is .

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Temperature of the system is .

From Figure 10.14, write the K values at and as follows:

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Let xi be the mole fraction of component in liquid phase and yi be the mole fraction of component
in vapor phase.

Relation between mole fraction of component in liquid phase and vapor phase are as follows:

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Write the total mole balance as follows:

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…… (1)

Here, is feed moles, is vapor mole, and is liquid mole.

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Write the mole balance equation for methane as follows:

…… (2)

Write the mole balance equation for ethane as follows:

…… (3)

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Write the mole balance equation for propane as follows:

…… (4)

Write the mole balance equation for n-butane as follows:

…… (5)

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Relation between the mole fractions of the components in the liquid phase is as follows:
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Substitute the corresponding values in the above equation to calculate the value of L.

Calculate the moles in vapor phase from equation (1) as follows:

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Calculate the compositions of each component in each phase as follows:

For methane:

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For ethane:

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For n -butane:

Therefore, the vapor molar fraction that condenses is and the phase compositions are
as follows:

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