EXERCISES Section 2.1 2.1. Minimum work of separation. A refinery stream is separated at 1,500 kPa into two products under the conditions shown below. Using the data given, compute e minimum work of separation, Wmins in kJ/h for To 298.15 K. kmol/h Component Feed Product 1 Ethane Propane n-butane n-pentane n-hexane 30 200 370 350 50 30 192 4 0 Product 1 Vapor 25,040 Feed Product 2 Phase condition Temperature, K Enthalpy, kJ/kmol Entropy, kJ/kmol-K Liquid 364 19,480 Liquid 394 25,640 36.64 33.13 54.84

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EXERCISES
Section 2.1
2.1. Minimum work of separation.
A refinery stream is separated at 1,500 kPa into two products
under the conditions shown below. Using the data given, compute
e minimum work of separation, Wmins in kJ/h for To 298.15 K.
kmol/h
Component Feed Product 1
Ethane
Propane
n-butane
n-pentane
n-hexane
30
200
370
350
50
30
192
4
0
Product 1
Vapor
25,040
Feed
Product 2
Phase condition
Temperature, K
Enthalpy, kJ/kmol
Entropy, kJ/kmol-K
Liquid
364
19,480
Liquid
394
25,640
36.64
33.13
54.84

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