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A mixture of propane, butane and pentane are to be separated in a distillation column. Feed= Propane - 20 wt % Butane - 50 wt% Pentane - 30wt%. Top=Propane – 93 wt% Butane - 7 wt% Pentane – 0 wt%. Bottom=Propane - ?? wt % Butane - ?? wt% Pentane - 38 wt%. The weight % values shown are compositions. The total feedrate is 5000 kg hr-1. ALL the pentane is recovered in the bottom product, (comprising 38 wt% of the composition of that stream), determine the following:
(a) The total mass flowrates of each of the top and bottom product streams.
(b) The percentage recovery of the propane in the top product