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Condenser: Mass of Inlet Vapor (

The document describes the condenser mass and energy balances for a condenser system. Mass balances show the inlet vapor mass equals the exhaust air mass plus the condensed solution mass. Energy balances equate the inlet enthalpy plus condenser duty to the exhaust air enthalpy plus condensed solution enthalpy. Calculations determine the exhaust air mass and enthalpy using psychrometric charts, and the condensed solution enthalpy using composition-enthalpy graphs. The condenser duty is calculated from the energy balance equation.

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Condenser: Mass of Inlet Vapor (

The document describes the condenser mass and energy balances for a condenser system. Mass balances show the inlet vapor mass equals the exhaust air mass plus the condensed solution mass. Energy balances equate the inlet enthalpy plus condenser duty to the exhaust air enthalpy plus condensed solution enthalpy. Calculations determine the exhaust air mass and enthalpy using psychrometric charts, and the condensed solution enthalpy using composition-enthalpy graphs. The condenser duty is calculated from the energy balance equation.

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CONDENSER

Where:

A7 = mass of inlet vapor (2.3106kg)

H7 = enthalpy of A7 (4.272641 108 kJ)


Y7 = water content of A7 (0.05059 kg water/kg D.A.)
A8 = mass of exhaust air
H8 = enthalpy of A8
Y8 = water content of A8
RA = mass of condensed ethanol-citric acid aqueous solution (65799.88518 kg)

HRA = enthalpy of RA
Q2 = condenser duty
1. Mass balance
A7 = A8 + RA

A8 = A7 RA
A8 = 2.3106kg - 65799.88518 kg

A8 = 2.2342 106kg
2. Energy Balance
Exhaust air
The exhaust air has the same compostion and temperature as the inlet air to the dryer.
Using the psychometric chart for the air-water system at standard atmspheric pressure (Green
and Perry 2008), the value of water content and enthalpy for RH = 70% and dry bulb temperature
of 32.5 C is:

Y8 = 0.0218 kg/kg D.A.

h8 = 88.394115 kJ/kg

Thus, the enthalpy of the exhaust air stream is:

H8=(h8)(A8)

H8 = (88.394115 kJ/kg)(2.2342 106kg)

H8 = 1.974901 108kJ

Condensed ethanol-citric acid aqueous solution

An enthalpy-composition graph is obtained to determine the enthalpy of the 28.13%


ethanol of condensed saturated liquid stream (Green and Perry 2008). The specific enthalpy of
this stream is:

hRA=0.3138 kJ/kg

Thus, the enthalpy of the condensed is:

HRA=(hRA)(RA)

HRA = (0.3138 kJ/kg)(65799.88518 kg)

HRA= 20648.00397 kJ
Energy Balance

H7 + Q2 = H8 + HRA

Q2 = H8 + HRA H7

Q2 = 1.974901 108 kJ + 20648.00397 kJ - 4.272641 108 kJ

Q2 = -2.297534 108 kJ

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