ChemE 132 Homework Department of Chemical Engineering

1st Semester AY 2020-2021 University of the Philippines Diliman

Introduction to Separation Processes

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Problem 1
A slurry of flaked soybeans weighing a total of 100 kg contains 75 kg of inert solids and 25 kg of solution with 10 wt % oil
and 90 wt % solvent hexane. This slurry is contacted with 100 kg of pure hexane in a single stage so that the value of N B for
the outlet underflow is 1.5 kg insoluble solid/kg solution retained. Calculate the amounts and compositions of the overflow
V 1 and the underflow L 1 leaving the stage.

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Problem 2
A continuous countercurrent multistage system is to be used to leach oil from meal by benzene solvent. The process is to
treat 2,000 kg/h of inert solid meal containing 800 kg oil and 50 kg benzene. The inlet flow per hour of fresh solvent mixture
contains 1,179 kg benzene and 18 kg oil. The leached solids are to contain 120 kg oil. Settling experiments like an actual
extractor show that the solution retained depends upon the concentration of oil in the solution. The data are tabulated as N B
(kg inert solid/kg solution) and x A (kg oil/lg solution). Calculate the number of stages required using McCabe-Thiele and
McCabe-Smith methods.

NB xA
2.00 0
1.98 0.1
1.94 0.2
1.89 0.3
1.82 0.4
1.75 0.5
1.68 0.6
1.61 0.7