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This document contains two questions regarding chemical engineering principles: 1. A liquid mixture containing ethanol, water, and dissolved solute is fed to a distillation column. The column is designed to produce top and bottom streams of equal mass flow with the top stream being 90% ethanol. The problem involves calculating the solute fraction in the bottom stream and the fraction of ethanol exiting in the bottom stream. 2. Wet sugar containing one fifth water by mass is conveyed through an evaporator that vaporizes 85% of the entering water. The problem involves calculating the water fraction in the sugar leaving the evaporator and the ratio of water vaporized to sugar, and determining how much additional water must be removed to completely dry 1000

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Tutorial 7

This document contains two questions regarding chemical engineering principles: 1. A liquid mixture containing ethanol, water, and dissolved solute is fed to a distillation column. The column is designed to produce top and bottom streams of equal mass flow with the top stream being 90% ethanol. The problem involves calculating the solute fraction in the bottom stream and the fraction of ethanol exiting in the bottom stream. 2. Wet sugar containing one fifth water by mass is conveyed through an evaporator that vaporizes 85% of the entering water. The problem involves calculating the water fraction in the sugar leaving the evaporator and the ratio of water vaporized to sugar, and determining how much additional water must be removed to completely dry 1000

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King Saud University ChE 201

College of Engineering Chemical Engineering Principles 1


Chemical Engineering Department Tutorial #7
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Q1: A liquid mixture contains 60.0 wt% ethanol (E), 5.0 wt% of dissolved solute (S), and the
balance water. A stream of this mixture is fed to a continuous distillation column operating at
steady state. Product streams emerge at the top and bottom of the column. The column design
calls for the product streams to have equal mass flow rates and for the top stream to contain
90.0 wt% ethanol and no S.

(a) Assume a basis of calculation, draw and fully label a process flowchart, do the degree of
freedom analysis, and verify that all unknown stream flows and compositions can be
calculated.
(b) Calculate (i) the mass fraction of S in the bottom stream and (ii) the fraction of the
ethanol in the feed that leaves in the bottom product stream (i.e., kg E in bottom
stream/kg E in feed) if the process operates as designed.

Q2: Wet sugar that contains one fifth water by mass is conveyed through an evaporator in which
85.0% of the entering water is vaporized.

(a) Taking a basis of 100 kg feed, calculate (i) xw, the mass fraction of water in the wet
sugar leaving the evaporator, and (ii) the ratio (kg H 2O vaporized/kg wet sugar
leaving the evaporator).
(b) If 1000 tons/day of wet sugar is fed to the evaporator, how much additional water
must be removed from the outlet sugar to dry it completely, and what annual revenue
can be expected if dry sugar sells for $0.15/lbm?

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