It is desired to separate acetone from the air mixture by using acetone with a shelf, using a non-volatile oil. The mole fraction of acetone is 0.30 in the gas mixture entering the absorption column and zero in the incoming abasorption oil. 96% of the acetone in the entering gas mixture can be retained by the structure. Acetone in the liquid leaving the column The amount of moles is 10% on the basis of moles. The equilibrium relation for this system can be taken as y=1.9x.
Find the required rack number by drawing the operating line (I would appreciate if you explain how the operating line and the equilibrium line are drawn in detail, how do we extract the equilibrium line from y=1.9x and How do we combine the operating line and the equilibrium line to find the number of shelves)