USE OF THE TAYLOR SERIES AS ACONVERGENCE TECHNIQUE FORTHE SOLUTION OF MULTICOMPONENTDEW POINT AND FLASH VAPORIZATIONPROBLEMS

A THESIS

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Submitted on the 25th day of January, 1962, to the Department of

Chemical Engineering of the Graduate School of Tulane University

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master

of Science by:

Jacob H. Lashover

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Raymond V. Bailey

FLASH VAPORIZATION CALCULATION USING DERIVATIVESSYSTEM IS MEOH, IPA, H2O AT 1 ATMFEED COMPOSITION IS 0.50, 0.15, 0.35 MOLE FRACTION OF MEOH, IPA, H2O, RESPECTIVELYFEED TEMPERATURE IS 78 CISOTHERMAL FLASH USING REDLICH-KISTER ACTIVITY COEFFICIENT MODEL AND ANTOINE VAPOR PRESSURE MODEL

(VL+VU)/2ITER. NO. VL VU V X MeOH X IPA X H2O ƩX ΔƩX

0 0 1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 1 01 0 1 0.5 0.3709 0.1299 0.44 0.9408 0.05922 0.5 1 0.75 0.3138 0.1013 0.5343 0.9494 0.05063 0.75 1 0.875 0.2801 0.0781 0.616 0.9742 0.02584 0.875 1 0.9375 0.2599 0.06406 0.6733 0.9973 0.00275 0.9375 1 0.96875 0.2487 0.05662 0.7077 1.01303 -0.013036 0.9375 0.96875 0.953125 0.2543 0.06029 0.6901 1.0047 -0.00477 0.9375 0.953125 0.945313 0.2571 0.06215 0.6817 1.0009 -0.00098 0.9375 0.945313 0.941407 0.2584 0.0631 0.6775 0.9991 0.00099 0.941406 0.945313 0.94336 0.2579 0.06269 0.6794 1.000003 -3E-06

Y MEOH Y IPA Y H2O ƩY0.514535 0.15524 0.33022 0.999995

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