Design+Problems+3-4_2024

The document outlines a project for recovering ethyl alcohol from an aqueous solution through continuous distillation, detailing the required purity levels and design specifications for the distillation column, reboiler, and condenser. It includes a list of components to be submitted, such as material and energy balance calculations, flow-sheet, and design drawings. Submission deadlines for the project components are specified for DP3 and DP4.

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Year 2024 Trimester 1

Student Name and ID ______________________

4007ENG HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ENGINEERING

PROJECT (DESIGN PROBLEMS 3 and 4)
Weighting 50%
Ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH) is to be recovered from an aqueous solution by continuous
distillation. The feed will contain 9% w/w ethyl alcohol. Ethyl alcohol of at least ……%
purity is required (top product), and the bottom product must not contain more than 0.9 %
alcohol. The optimum reflux ratio is 1.54Rmin. The number of plates equivalent to one
theoretical plate is 1.25. Amount of steam of C 2H5OH in the alcohol-water mixture is ……
m3/s (at point 7 of the diagram). Pressure in the column is 1 atm. Design a distillation
column, reboiler and condenser suitable for conducting the process. Water with the
temperature of ……C is available for cooling condenser. Temperature of the feed is 24C.
Steam at 2.54 atm pressure is used for heating the column. The overall heat transfer
coefficient of the reboiler is ………W/m2 C.
The final document should include items 1 ̶ 4 for DP3 (30% weighting) and items 5 ̶ 7
for DP4 (20% weighting):
1. Introduction.
2. Material balance calculations
3. Energy balance calculations
4. Flow-sheet of the process (based on the material and energy balances).
5. Design of the condenser (including calculations and drawings).
6. Design of the distillation column with the reboiler (including calculations and
drawings).
7. Conclusions and recommendations.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DP3 - 17:00, Friday, Week 10 (17 May 24)

DP4 - 17:00, Friday, Week 12 (31 May 24)
Equilibrium data

x, Liq 0 0.025 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8 1

y*, Vap 0 0.225 0.36 0.516 0.6 0.65 0.69 0.71 0.73 0.74 0.75 0.767 0.778 0.79 0.8 0.81 0.83 0.85 1

TC 100 97.4 95.2 93.1 91.5 90.3 90 88.2 87 86.1 85.2 84.4 83.5 83 82.3 81.9 80.9 80.2 78.3
Boiling point (1atm, 100% alcohol) - 78.3C
Density (100% alcohol, 25C) - 789kg/m3
Specific heat (100% alcohol, 25C) - 0.61 kcal / kgC
Latent heat of vaporisation (100% alcohol, 78.3C) - 834.3 kJ/kg
Enthalpy of water steam (2.54 atm, 128C) - 2718 kJ/kg
Enthalpy of water (2.54 atm, 128C) - 538 kJ/kg
Student Name and ID ______________________

Water

2
Condenser

8
1
Water

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Year 2024 Trimester 1

Student Name and ID ______________________

4007ENG HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ENGINEERING

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DP3 - 17:00, Friday, Week 10 (17 May 24)

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