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Flash Distillation of a Mixture of Hydrocarbons
Author

Housam Binous
Organization: KFUPM
Department: Chemical Engineering
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/homepageofdrhousambinous/
Revision date

2003-10-02
Description

This notebook uses two methods to compute the equilibrium constants at T=300 K and P=3.5 bars for a mixture of propane, n-butane, iso-butane, iso-pentane and n-pentane. Then, the Rachford-Rice Equation is solved to compute the fraction vaporized when the feed is 20 mole % propane, 30 mole % n-butane, 40 mole % iso-butane, 5 mole % n-pentane and 5 mole % iso-pentane. Finally, both liquid and vapor phase compositions are calculated.
Subjects

*Engineering > Chemical Engineering
*Science > Chemistry
Keywords

flash distillation, second virial coefficient, Poynting correction factor, DePriester Charts, equilibrium constant, hydrocarbon mixture
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