Design of Binary Distillation Column for Benzene-Toluene mixture

Abstract

This project was carried out to a design distillation column to separate a binary mixture of benzene and toluene using McCabe Thiele’s procedure, it determines the number of trays required for the desired degree of 95% purity. A number of analytical equations, such as Antoine equation was used. he some other column parameters such as the height and diameter of the column were also determined. The separation is achieved by using sieve tray with 75% overall column efficiency. Finally, the conclusion showed that the distillation of benzene-toluene mixture required 12 theoretical sieve trays and a distillation column of 9 meters high and 7.5 meters in diameter.