Steady State of an Extractive Distillation Column
Steady State of an Extractive Distillation Column
Consider an extractive distillation column operating at atmospheric pressure. This column has 22 stages, a partial reboiler, and a total condenser. It is used to obtain anhydrous ethanol using ethylene glycol as an entrainer.
Pure entrainer at is fed to the column at a flow rate equal to and at stage two (counting from the top). The lower feed is composed of a mixture of ethanol and water ( ethanol and water). The lower feed, a saturated liquid, is located at stage 12 (counting from the top) and has a flow rate equal to .
80°C
100kmole/hr
55mole%
45mole%
10kmole/hr
The Demonstration solves the MESH equations (mass, equilibrium, summation, and heat) and displays the composition and temperature profiles for user-set values of the reflux ratio. The second degree of freedom is set by taking a distillate flow rate equal to .
5kmole/hr