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GATE 2009
Medium
The feed to a binary distillation column has 40 mol% vapor and 60 mol% liquid. Then, the slope of the q-line in the McCabe-Thiele plot is
- −1.5
- B−0.6
- C0.6
- D1.5
Explanation
q (liquid fraction of feed)=0.60. slope=q/(q−1)=0.6/(0.6−1)=0.6/(−0.4)=−1.5.
Source: GATE CH 2009 (2009)
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