The feed to a town-column fractionating system is 30.000 lbm/h of a mixture containing 50% benzene (B), 30% toluene (T) and 20% xylene (X). The feed is introduced into column I and results is an overload consisting of 95% benzene, 30% toluene and 25% xylene. The bottom from column I are fed to the second column, resulting in an overhead column II containing 3% benzene, 95% toluene and 2% xylene. Assume that 52% of the feed appears as overhead in the first column and that 75% of the benzene fed to the second column appears as overhead, calculate the composition and flow of the bottoms stream from the second column.
The feed to a town-column fractionating system is 30.000 lbm/h of a mixture containing 50% benzene (B), 30% toluene (T) and 20% xylene (X). The feed is introduced into column I and results is an overload consisting of 95% benzene, 30% toluene and 25% xylene. The bottom from column I are fed to the second column, resulting in an overhead column II containing 3% benzene, 95% toluene and 2% xylene. Assume that 52% of the feed appears as overhead in the first column and that 75% of the benzene fed to the second column appears as overhead, calculate the composition and flow of the bottoms stream from the second column.
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The feed to a town-column fractionating system is 30.000 lbm/h of a mixture containing 50% benzene (B), 30% toluene (T) and 20% xylene (X). The feed is introduced into column I and results is an overload consisting of 95% benzene, 30% toluene and 25% xylene. The bottom from column I are fed to the second column, resulting in an overhead column II containing 3% benzene, 95% toluene and 2% xylene. Assume that 52% of the feed appears as overhead in the first column and that 75% of the benzene fed to the second column appears as overhead, calculate the composition and flow of the bottoms stream from the second column.
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