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Isothermal Flash Calculations for Mixtures Containing Condensable and Noncondensable Components... 

Flash calculations for these mixtures usually require four to eight iterations. Cases 5 and 6 in Table 1 have feeds of this type, including noncondensable components in Case 6. Within the limits of the thermodynamic framework used here, no case has been encountered where FLASH has required more than 12 iterations for satisfactory convergence. 

For each case, one formula to calculate the parameter w (omega) uses the specific volume of the mixture at 90% of the considered pressure. This requires the process engineer to run a process simulation to obtain this specific volume after a flash calculation. For simplicity, this formula is called here the Omega 9. It can be used in many circumstances. 

P9 Density evaluated at 90% of the saturation (vapour) pressure at inlet temperature, T), after a flash calculation. For a multicomponent mixture, use the bubble point pressure at T). The flash calculation should preferably be carried out isentropically, but an isenthalpic flash is sufficient CO E D)... 

Table 12.2 shows the results of a P, T-flash calculation for the system n-hexane( 1)/ethanol(2)/methylcyclopentane(3)/benzene(4). This is the same system for which the results of a BUBL T calculation were presented in Table 12.1, and the same correlations and parameter values have been used here. The given P and T are l(atm) and 334.15 K. The given overall mole fractions for the system Zi are listed in the table along with the calculated values of the liquid-phase and vapor-phase mole fractions and the K-values. The molar fraction of the system that is vapor is here found to be V = 0.8166. 

Chou, G. F., and J. M. Prausnitz Adiabatic flash calculations for continuous or semicontinuous mixtures using an equation of state. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 30,75-82(1986). 

Cotterman, R. L., Chou, G. E, and Prausnitz, J. M., Comments on flash calculations for continuous and semi-continuous raixmres using an equation of state. Ind. Chem. Eng. Proc. Des. Dev. 25, 840(1986). 

Schlijper, A. G., Flash calculations for polydisperse fluids A variational approach. Fluid Phase Eg. 34, 149 (1987). 

Table 12.2 Results of a P, r-flash calculation for the system, n-hexane/ethanol/methylcyclopentane(MCP)/benzeiie...

The above is a variation on the single-stage flash calculation for a vapor-liquid separation. 

Bishnoi, P.R. Gupta, A.K. Englezos, P. Kalogerakis, N. Multiphase equilibrium flash calculations for systems containing gas hydrates. Fluid Phase Equilibria 1989, 53, 97-104. 

The computer program PROG72 performs equilibrium flash calculations for an ideal multi-component mixture. The program listed determines the moles of each component in the liquid and vapor phases... 

Bunz, a. P., Dohrn, R. Prausnitz, J. M. 1991. 3-Phase flash calculations for multicomponent systems. Computers Chemical Engineering, 15(1), 47-51. 

Figure 7.8. Algorithm for adiabatic flash calculation for wide-boiling mixtures.

The second iteration starts with initial estimates for almost all streams. An exception is stream L4, for which no estimate is needed. Initial estimates of streams V3 and Lr are used in an adiabatic flash calculation for stage 4 to determine an initial estimate for stream L4. Subsequently, flash calculations are performed in order for stages 3, 2, and 1, and then back up the column for stages 2, 3, and 4 followed by the total condenser and reflux divider. At the conclusion of the second iteration, generally all internal vapor and liquid flow rates are increased over values generated during the first iteration. 

Btu/hr. Repeated flash calculations for stages 2 and 3 give the results shown. For each stage, the leaving molal vapor rate is set equal to the moles of hexane in the feed to the stage. The purity of n-hexane is increased from 50 mole% in the feed to 86.6 mole% in the final condensed vapor product, but the recovery of hexane is only 27.7(0.866)/50 = 48%. Total heating requirement is... 

Given the then each assumed value V/F (or L/f) has a unique solution for V". This is a variation on the single-stage flash calculation for a vapor-liquid separation. 

The amount of hydrocarbon vapor and hquid, at any point in the process, is determined by a flash calculation. For a given pressme and temperature, each component of the hydrocarbon mixtme will be in equilibrium. The mole fraction of the component in the gas phase will depend not only on pressure and temperature but also on the partial pressure of that component. Therefore, the amoimt of gas depends upon the total composition of the fluid, since the mole fraction of any one component in the gas phase is a fimction of the mole fraction of every other component in this phase. 

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