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Chemical Engineering · Q295

Mass Transfer

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 295

Q295

According to the Fenske equation, what will be the minimum number of plates required in a distillation column to separate an equimolar binary mixture of components A and B into an overhead fraction containing 99 mol% A and a bottom fraction containing 98 mol% B? Assume that relative volatility (αAB = 2) does not change appreciably in the coloumn.

A.
5
B.
9
C.
12
Answer
D.
28

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
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