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A feed mixture of 40% methanol and 60% ethanol is subject to flash distillation at 1atm. The feed is heated to a temperature where 40% of the feed flashes. Draw the T-(x,y) diagram of the feed. What is the boiling point of the feed? What are the vapor and liquid compositions leaving the flash chamber assuming the flash chamber temperature is 3°C above the boiling point of the feed? What is the required feed temperature?

A feed mixture of 40% methanol and 60% ethanol is subject to flash distillation at 1atm. The feed is heated to a temperature where 40% of the feed flashes. Draw the T-(x,y) diagram of the feed. What is the boiling point of the feed? What are the vapor and liquid compositions leaving the flash chamber assuming the flash chamber temperature is 3°C above the boiling point of the feed? What is the required feed temperature?

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
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  1. A feed mixture of 40% methanol and 60% ethanol is subject to flash distillation

    at 1atm. The feed is heated to a temperature where 40% of the feed flashes.

    1. Draw the T-(x,y) diagram of the feed. What is the boiling point of the feed?

    2. What are the vapor and liquid compositions leaving the flash chamber assuming

      the flash chamber temperature is 3°C above the boiling point of the feed?

    3. What is the required feed temperature?

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