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    This document provides instructions for a mass transfer operations exam. It lists 5 questions related to distillation column design and analysis. Question 1 involves drawing and explaining components of a trayed distillation column. Question 2 involves using McCabe-Thiele analysis to design a column. Question 3 involves column sizing calculations and equilibrium relationships. Question 4 involves using equilibrium data to determine the number of trays needed for a given separation. Question 5 involves short answer questions testing fundamentals of distillation design.

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    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA

    Department of Chemical Engineering


    End-Semester Examination, Session: 2021-’22 (Spring)
    (B.Tech., 4th Semester)

    Subject Name: Mass Transfer Operations-I Subject Code: CH-2112


    Duration: 03 hrs Full Marks: 50
    There are FIVE questions. All questions are compulsory. Make necessary rational assumptions wherever
    required. All symbols have their usual meaning. Figures at the right-hand margin indicate marks. Use of
    regular graph papers are required.
    Q. Marks
    No.
    (1) Draw the sectional view of a trayed distillation tower (sieve type plate) and show the 2
    followings: (i) downcomer (ii) weir (iii) vapor-liquid contact.
    In the same context, explain weeping, dumping and entrainment in a trayed tower. 3
    The height of a distillation column in feet is given by the following equation:
    H=1.2 × (N-2) ×2
    Explain the thumb-rule and technical considerations, leading to the development of the 3
    formula on column sizing.
    (2) A feed mixture composed of 42 mole% heptane, 58 mole% ethyl benzene is to be 12
    fractionated at 760 mm Hg to produce a distillate containing 97 mole% heptane and a residue
    containing 99 mole% ethyl benzene. Reflux ratio is 2.5 and the feed is composed of 40%
    vapor and 60% liquid. Using the McCabe-Thiele graphical method, determine
    (i) The number of equilibrium stages for the reflux ratio 2.5 (ii) The minimum reflux ratio (iii)
    The minimum number of equilibrium stages at total reflux (iv) Feed tray location.
    The VLE data at 760 mm Hg is given below:
    x 0 0.08 0.185 0.251 0.335 0.487 0.651 0.788 0.914 1
    y 0 0.233 0.428 0.514 0.608 0.729 0.834 0.904 0.963 1

    (3) (a) A liquid feed at the boiling point of 400 kmol/h containing 70 mole% benzene and 30 7
    mole% toluene is fed to a stripping tower at 101.325 kPa pressure. The bottom product flow
    is to be 60 kmol/h containing only 10 mole% benzene and the rest toluene. Calculate kmol/h
    overhead vapor, its composition, and the number of theoretical trays required. The
    equilibrium data is given below:

    1|Pa ge
    x 1.0 0.78 0.581 0.411 0.258 0.130 0
    y 1.0 0.9 0.777 0.632 0.456 0.261 0

    (b) In designing a packed distillation column, how the interfacial concentrations are 4
    calculated, necessary to find out the height of the packed tower? Explain with a graphical
    illustration in a mole fraction (y vs. x) diagram.
    (c) For a packed distillation column, derive a relationship between the absorption factor (A) 3
    and reflux-ratio (R).
    (4) A trayed tower is to be used to remove 99% of the NH3 from an entering air stream 7
    containing 6 mole% NH3 at 293 K and 1.013×105 Pa. The entering pure water flow-rate is
    188 kg H2O/m2.h and the inert air flow is 128 kg air/m2.h. Calculate the number of
    theoretical trays needed for the given separation. The equilibrium data is given below:
    x 0 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.074 0.096 0.14 0.21 0.241 0.297
    y 0 0.016 0.024 0.033 0.042 0.066 0.092 0.15 0.298 0.392 0.618

    (5) Give specific answers to the following questions:


    1
    (a) Under what condition, HETP expression isn’t valid?
    (b) Kremser’s equation is valid when --------- and -------- lines are straight. (Fill in the blanks). 1
    (c) Fenske’s equation considers total or partial condenser? 1
    (d) To solve a design problem via Ponchon-Savarit method; --------- and ---------- profiles are 2
    required in the problem statement.
    (e) Plate efficiency of a trayed tower is known as ---------- plate efficiency. 1
    (f) Pinch point in a trayed tower calculation corresponds to maximum solvent flow rate. 1
    (true/false).
    (g) What are the possible units of Henry’s law constant? 2

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