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Minimum number of trays 100 kmol/hr of a feed of 60% benzene and 40% heptane is...

Minimum number of trays

100 kmol/hr of a feed of 60% benzene and 40% heptane is to be separated by distillation. The distillate is to be 90% benzene and the bottoms 10% benzene. The feed enters the column as 30 mol% vapor. Use R 1.5 times the minimum. Assume a constant relative voltaility of (alpha) of 4 and that the pressure is constant throughout the column at 1atm.

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