In a petroleum company, how the hydrocarbons are separated from mixture of hydrocarbons with a neat...

In a petroleum company, how the hydrocarbons are separated from mixture of hydrocarbons with a neat diagram, discuss the role of reboiler and reflux drum in the column and list the order of formation of hydrocarbons present in the liquid products and relate the important differences between batch and continuous column process.

Expert Solution

for any doubts write in comments

Amanda K answered 6 months ago

A mixture of hydrocarbons is separated with two distillation columns in series. This mixture, containing 20...

A mixture of hydrocarbons is separated with two distillation columns in series. This mixture, containing 20 mass% ethane, 40 mass% propane and 40 mass% butane, is fed to the first column a rate of 100 moles per hour. The overhead product from the first column contains 95 mole% ethane, 4 mole% propane and 1 mole% butane. The bottoms product from the first column is sent to the second column for further separation. The composition of the overhead product from the...

A mixture of hydrocarbons was separated on a nonpolar, 95% methyl, 5% phenylpolysiloxane column of internal...

A mixture of hydrocarbons was separated on a nonpolar, 95% methyl, 5% phenylpolysiloxane column of internal diameter 3.2 mm and of length 2.0 m. The experimental conditions are given here: Inlet pressure 50.0 psi. Room pressure 755.6 mm Hg. Column temperature 250.0 oC. Room temperature 23.2 oC. He gas flow 30.5 mL/min (measured using a soap bubble flow meter at the column outlet) ( 760 mm Hg = 14.7 psi; pH2O = 21.2 mm Hg at 23.2 oC ) The...

What is relevance of refining petroleum hydrocarbons by distillation?

How are Cu2+ and Bi3+ separated from Pb2+ and How can Bi3+ be separated from Cu2+?

A binary mixture of benzene and toluene will be separated by continuous distillation. The mixture consists...

A binary mixture of benzene and toluene will be separated by continuous distillation. The mixture consists of 20% mol of benzene and 80% mol of toluene at the bubble point of 91ºC. The binary mixture is available at 100 mol h-1 and the separation should deliver a distillate product that has a concentration of 90% mol of benzene and that contains half of the benzene in the feed stream. a) Plot the equilibrium line for benzene. b) Determine the minimum...

5. Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons, primarily methane (CH4) with a small amount of...

5. Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons, primarily methane (CH4) with a small amount of propane (C3H8). A sample of natural gas in a 2.00 L container exerts a pressure of 0.950 atm at 35°C. If there are 0.0020 moles of C3H8 present: a. What is the partial pressure of C3H8 and CH4? b. How many moles of CH4 are present?

3. Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons and recent developments in directional drilling and hydraulic...

3. Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons and recent developments in directional drilling and hydraulic stimulation has seen that the majority of natural gas is now produced from shale gases. These gases may contain higher proportions of higher alkanes. In order for these gases to be used via the pipeline, they must meet certain pipeline quality standards. These standards are even stricter when the natural gas is to be used by natural gas vehicles. Suppose natural gas from a...

Kerosene, a common space-heater fuel, is a mixture of hydrocarbons whose average formula is C12H26. (a)...

Kerosene, a common space-heater fuel, is a mixture of hydrocarbons whose average formula is C12H26. (a) Determine the balanced equation, using the simplest whole-number coefficients, for the complete combustion of kerosene to gases. Include physical states of each reactant and product. (b) If ΔH = −1.50 × 104 kJ for the combustion equation as written in part (a), determine ΔH of kerosene. (c) Calculate the heat produced by the combustion of 0.83 gal of kerosene (d of kerosene = 0.749...

6) If a mixture of compounds with a wide range of polarities has to be separated,...

6) If a mixture of compounds with a wide range of polarities has to be separated, two different eluents have to be used to isolate the chemicals. In this case, the eluent of lower polarity should be used first. Please explain why?

A mixture of n-heptane (A) and ethyl benzene (B) is to be separated in a distillation...

A mixture of n-heptane (A) and ethyl benzene (B) is to be separated in a distillation column operated at 1 atm. The feed flowrate is 300 mol/h and contains 40 mol% n-heptane. 60 % of the feed is liquid. It is required to obtain an overhead product containing 96 mol% n-heptane and a bottom product containing 5 mol% n-heptane. Find the following: a) The distillate and bottom flowrates b) The minimum reflux ratio c) The minimum number of stages d)...

Question