Question

A distillation column is initially designed to separate a mixtureof toluene and xylene at around ambient temperature (say, 100 degree C) and pressure (say 1 barg). The column has20 stainless steel valve trays and is 2 m in diameter and 14 m tall. Determine the purchase cost and the bare module cost using CEPCI = 542.

3. (30 pts) A distillation tower is initially designed to separate a mixture of toluene and xylene. The stainless steel tower is 3 m in diameter and 10 meter tall, and has 15 stainless steel valve trains. Please determine the purchase cost and bare module cost using current CEPCI-582. (Please use data in Appendix A of the textbook).

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