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kali-sadface

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Feb 16, 2021
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If I was to size a distillation column for reactive distillation, or even azeotropic distillation, where there are 3-4 components in the column as products that need to be separated, with at least 1 bottom and 3 distillate based on boiling points, what would be the best method for estimating the number of trays? Would it be Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland? Or is there a better way?
 
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For azeotropic mixture, relative volatility when approaches to 1, denominator on Fenske equation becomes 0 thereby giving an infinite number of trays.
 
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