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    An isopropyl ether solvent is used to extract an aqueous acetic acid solution using countercurrent multistage extraction. The aqueous solution contains 30% acetic acid at a flow rate of 200 kg/h. The solvent flows at 600 kg/h and the desired exit concentration of acetic acid in the raffinate is 4%. To determine the compositions and amounts of the extract and raffinate, as well as the number of stages required, material balances and equilibrium data are used. The analysis shows that 3.7 stages are needed, with the extract containing 8% acetic acid and the raffinate achieving the target 4% acetic acid concentration.

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    An isopropyl ether solvent is used to extract an aqueous acetic acid solution using countercurrent multistage extraction. The aqueous solution contains 30% acetic acid at a flow rate of 200 kg/h. The solvent flows at 600 kg/h and the desired exit concentration of acetic acid in the raffinate is 4%. To determine the compositions and amounts of the extract and raffinate, as well as the number of stages required, material balances and equilibrium data are used. The analysis shows that 3.7 stages are needed, with the extract containing 8% acetic acid and the raffinate achieving the target 4% acetic acid concentration.

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    An isopropyl ether solvent is used to extract an aqueous acetic acid solution using countercurrent multistage extraction. The aqueous solution contains 30% acetic acid at a flow rate of 200 kg/h. The solvent flows at 600 kg/h and the desired exit concentration of acetic acid in the raffinate is 4%. To determine the compositions and amounts of the extract and raffinate, as well as the number of stages required, material balances and equilibrium data are used. The analysis shows that 3.7 stages are needed, with the extract containing 8% acetic acid and the raffinate achieving the target 4% acetic acid concentration.

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    An isopropyl ether solvent is used to extract an aqueous acetic acid solution using countercurrent multistage extraction. The aqueous solution contains 30% acetic acid at a flow rate of 200 kg/h. The solvent flows at 600 kg/h and the desired exit concentration of acetic acid in the raffinate is 4%. To determine the compositions and amounts of the extract and raffinate, as well as the number of stages required, material balances and equilibrium data are used. The analysis shows that 3.7 stages are needed, with the extract containing 8% acetic acid and the raffinate achieving the target 4% acetic acid concentration.

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    Sample Problem #1:

    Pure solvent isopropyl ether at the rate of 600 kg/h is being used to extract an aqueous
    solution of 200 kg/h containing 30 wt % acetic acid by countercurrent multistage extraction.
    The desired exit acetic acid concentration in the aqueous phase is 4%. Determine the
    compositions and amounts of the ether extract and the aqueous raffinate. Calculate the
    number of stages required.
    Equilibrium data for water-acetic acid-isopropyl ether at 20C and 1 atm
    Water Layer, wt % Isopropyl Ether Layer, wt %
    Isopropyl Isopropyl
    Acetic Acid Water Acetic Acid Water
    Ether Ether
    0.69 98.1 1.2 0.18 0.5 99.3
    1.41 97.1 1.5 0.37 0.7 98.9
    2.89 95.5 1.6 0.79 0.8 98.4
    6.42 91.7 1.9 1.93 1.0 97.1
    13.30 84.4 2.3 4.82 1.9 93.3
    25.50 71.1 3.4 11.40 3.9 84.7
    36.70 58.9 4.4 21.60 6.9 71.5
    44.30 45.1 10.6 31.10 10.8 58.1
    46.40 37.1 16.5 36.20 15.1 48.7

    Solution:
    VN+1
    V2 600 kg/h solvent
    V1
    1 2 N yAN+1 = 0
    L0
    200 kg/h feed LN
    L1
    xA0 = 0.30 xAN = 0.04
    xB0 = 0.70

    Total balance: L0 + VN+1 =  VN+1


    200 + 600 =  L0 = 200
    800 = 

    A balance: L0xA0 + VN+1yAN+1 = xA
    200(0.30) + 600(0) = 800xA
    0.075 = xA
    VN+1 = 600
    Or by ratio and proportion:
    L0 VN 1

    x A x A 0  x A L0
    200 600
     xA = ?
    x A 0.30  x A
     xA = 0.075 xA0 = 0.30
    1.0

    0.9

    0.8

    0.7

    0.6

    0.5
    1
    0.4
    0.9
    0.3
    0.8
    0.2
    0.7
    0.1
    0.6
    0.0
    0.5
    0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
    0.4
    0.3

    0.2

    0.1

    0
    0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

    From diagram above: N = 3.7


    Extract composition: 8% acetic, 89% ether, 3% water
    Raffinate composition: 4% acetic, 1.8% ether, 90.2% water

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