Ponchon-Savarit Method

REFERENCE:
Separation Process Principles (Seader
& Henley, 2e)
 VS Mc-Cabe Thiele Method
McCabe-Thiele method
assumes that molar vapor and liquid flow rates
are constant in each section of the column
(constant molar overflow)
eliminates the need to make anenergy balance around
each stage
For nonideal binary mixtures,such an assumption may
not be valid and the McCabe-Thiele method may not be
accurate
 includes energy balances as well as material
balances and phase equilibrium relations
A: 30 mol% hexane at 100F enthalpies of the
superheated vapor

TIE LINES
ISOTHERMS

enthalpies of the
subcooled liquid
A

Enthalpy-concentration diagram for n-hexane/n-octane

 Seader Problem 7.56
One hundred pound-moles per hour of a mixture of 60 mol%
methanol in water at 30C and 1 atm is to be separated by distillation
at the same pressure into a liquid distillate containing 98 mol%
methanol and a bottoms liquid product containing 96 mol% water.
Enthalpy and equilibrium data for the mixture at 1 atm are given in
Table 7.8. The enthalpy of the feed mixture is 765 BtuAbmol.
(a) Using the given data, plot an enthalpy-concentration diagram.
(b) Devise a procedure to determine, from the diagram of part (a), the
minimum number of equilibrium stages for the condition of total reflux
and the required separation
(c) From the procedure developed in part (b), determine Nmi,. Why
is the value independent of the feed condition?
(d) What are the temperatures of the distillate and the bottoms?
 Seader Problem 7.55
Using the enthalpy-concentration diagram of Figure 7.37, determine
the following for a mixture of n-hexane (H) and n-octane (O) at 1 atm:
(a) The temperature and composi~ions of equilibrium liquid and
vapor resulting from adiabatic mixing of 950 lbk of a mixture of 30
mol% H in 0 at 180F with 1,125 lbk of a mixture of 80 mol% H in 0
at 240F.
(b) (b) The energy required to partially condense, by cooling, a mix-
ture of 60 mol% H in 0 from an initial temperature of 260F to
200F. What are the ~0mp0~iti0annd~ amounts of the resulting
vapor and liquid phases per pound-mole of original mixture?
(c) (c) If the equilibrium vapor from part (b) is further cooled to 180F,
determine the compositions and relative amounts of the re-
sulting vapor and liquid.
 Answers: 7.55
7.55 (a) 204oF
0.75 mole fraction H in vapor
and 0.35 mole fraction H in
liquid
(b) 10,000 Btu/lbmol
0.77 mole fraction H in vapor
and 0.38 mole fraction H in
liquid
(c) 60 mol% is vapor
0.92 mole fraction H in vapor
0.60 mole fraction H in liquid