Question

Evaporation in Double-Effect Reverse-Feed Evaporators. A feed containing 2 wt % dissolved organic solids in water is fed to a double-effect evaporator with reverse feed. The feed enters at 100°F and is concentrated to 25% solids. The boiling-point rise can be considered negligible as well as the heat of solution. Each evaporator has a 1000-ft2 surface area and the heat-transfer 700 btu/h -ft2-°F. The feed enters evaporator number 2 and steam at 100 psia is fed to number 1. The pressure iin the vapor space of evaporator number 2 is 0.98 psia. Assume that the heat capacity of all liquid solutions is that of liquid water. Calculate the feed rate F and the product rate Li of a solution containing 25% solids. (Hint: Assume a feed rate of, say, F 1000 lbm/h. Calculate the area. Then calculate the actual coefficients are U1 500 and U2- feed rate by multiplying 1000 by 1000/calculated area.) Ans. F- 133 800 lbm/h (60 691 kg/h), L,- 10700lb»/h (4853 kg/h)

Answer 1

472,826 lb/hr

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the given data:

Solids in feed= 2%

Solids in concentrate= 25%

HTA1 = HTA2 = 1000 ft^2

U1 = 500 Btu/ h ft^2 F & U2 = 700 Btu/ h ft^2 F

Overall material balance: Feed= Distillate + concentrate ----> Eq-1

Component balance: Feed * 0.02 = Distillate * 0 + concentrate * 0.25

Feed = 12.5 * concentrate ---> Eq-2

Boiling point rise = negligible, so solution & solvent vapor temperature will be same.

Assumed that the 1st effect is operating under atmospheric pressure (Boiling point - 212F).

As per the data:

Latent heat 212F = 300 Btu/lb

Latent heat 100F = 320 Btu/lb

As per material balance:

Vapor flowrate * latent heat = Overall HT coefficient * HTA * DT

1st effect: M-1= (500 * 1000 * (326-212)) / 300 = 190,000 lb/hr

2nd effect: M-2= (700*1000 * (212-100)) / 320 = 245,000 lb/hr

Distillate = M-1 + M-2 = 190,000+245,000 = 435,000 lb/hr

Substituting the above in Eq-1

Feed = 435,000 + concentrate

Substitute Eq-2 in the above

12.5 * concentrate = 435,000 + concentrate

Concentrate, L1 = 435,000/11.5 = 37826 lb /hr

Feed, F = 435,000 + 37826 = 472,826 lb/hr

1st effect operating pressure is not given, That may be the reason we are not getting the given answer. But procedure is right.

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