Q1: - 2 Kg/s of a solid containing 30% by mass a water soluble component is to be leached

in a counter – current unit. Given that the recovery is 98% and that the under flow from
each stage contains 0.5 Kg water / Kg insoluble solid . Find :
(A) The number of stages required if the water flow rate is 1.6 Kg/s .
(B) The water flow rate if the number of stages is 3

A)

𝑽𝑵+𝟏 =1.6 kg/s

𝑳𝑵+𝟏 =0 (solvente puro)

B= 0.7*2 =1.4 kg/s

f=1-recovery= 1-0.98=0.02

W-S=0.5*1.4=0.7

𝑽−𝑳 1.6−0
R= 𝑾−𝑺 = =2.2857
0.7

𝑹−𝟏 2.2857−1
𝐥𝐨𝐠⁡[𝟏+( )] log⁡[1+( )]
𝒇 𝑓
N= − 𝟏= − 1=4.05 etapas
𝐥𝐨𝐠⁡(𝑹) log⁡(2.2857)

B)

𝑹−𝟏
f=𝑹𝑵+𝟏 −𝟏

con f=0.02 y N=3 usando la herramienta solved en Excel

R= 3.271

𝑽−𝑳
R= 𝑾−𝑺

Despejando 𝑽𝑵+𝟏
𝑽𝑵+𝟏 = 𝑅 ∗ (𝑊 − 𝑆) con 𝑳𝑵+𝟏 = 𝟎

𝑉𝑁+1= 3.271 ∗ 0.7=2.2902

Q2: - 2.3 Kg/s of solid containing 0.55 Kg/s soluble material is to be washed with 2.8 Kg/s
pure solvent in a counter – current unit. The final residue is to contain not more than 0.1%
solute when dried . Find the number of stages given that the amount of solution in under
flow varies with solute concentration according to the relation: W = 0.2 X + 0.3, Also find
the concentration and quantities in and out from each stage.

𝑽𝑵+𝟏 =2.8 kg/s

𝑳𝑵+𝟏 =0 (solvente puro)

𝒔𝟎 =0.55 kg/s

𝑩 =1 kg/s base propuesta

𝑆𝑁
0.001=
𝐵+𝑆𝑁

usando la herramienta solved en Excel

𝑺𝑵 =0.0010

𝑆𝑁
𝑊𝑁 = 0.2𝑋 + 0.3 donde x es ( )
𝑊𝑁
𝑆𝑁
𝑊𝑁 = 0.2( ) + 0.3 despejando y agrupando términos
𝑊𝑁

𝑊𝑁2 − 0.3𝑊𝑁 − 0.0002

0.3±√(0.32 )−4(0.0002)(1)
𝑊𝑁 = = 0.30 para 𝑊𝑁 ⁡ de valor positivo
2

𝐿𝑁+1 +𝑆𝑁−1−𝑆𝑁 0+𝑆𝑁−1 −0.0010 −0.0010+𝑆𝑁−1

𝑋𝑁 = = =
𝑉𝑁+1 +𝑊𝑁−1−𝑊𝑁 2.8+𝑊𝑁−1 −030 2.5+𝑊𝑁−1

Calculo para el numero de etapas

Etapa 1
Con 𝑺𝟎 =0.55 kg/s y 𝑾𝟎 =0.55 kg/s
−0.0010 + 0.55
𝑋1 = = 0.18
2.5 + 0.55
𝑊1 = 0.2 ∗ 0.18 + 0.3 = 0.336
𝑆1 = 0.336 ∗ 0.18=0.06048
𝑆1 >𝑆𝑁

Etapa 2
Con 𝑺𝟏 =0.06048 kg/s y 𝑾𝟏 =0.336 kg/s
−0.0010 + 0.06048
𝑋2 = = 0.0209
2.5 + 0.336
𝑊2 = 0.2 ∗ 0.209 + 0.3 = 0.304
𝑆2 = 0.304 ∗ 0.0209=0.0063
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁
Etapa 3
Con 𝑺𝟐 =0.06048 kg/s y 𝑾𝟐 =0.304 kg/s
−0.0010 + 0.06048⁡
𝑋3 = = 0.0019
2.5 + 0.304
𝑊3 = 0.2 ∗ 0.0019 + 0.3 = 0.304
𝑆3 = 0.336 ∗ 0.18=0.00058
𝑆3 <𝑆𝑁 ⁡√

R= 3 etapas
Q3:- Fresh halibut livers containing 25.7% (weight percent) oil are to be extracted with
pure ethyl ether to remove 95% of the oil in a counter – current multistage leaching
process . The feed rate is 1000 Kg of the fresh liver per hour . The final exit over flow
solution is to be contain 70% by mass oil . The molar flow varies as follows.

1 0.6
0.9 0.55
W X S 0.8
0.5
0.205 0 0 0.45
0.7
0.4
0.286 0.2 0.0572 0.6 0.35
0.405 0.4 0.162 0.5 0.3
0.599 0.6 0.3594 0.4 0.25
0.719 0.81 0.58239 0.2
0.3
0.15
0.2
0.1
0.1 0.05
0 0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

∆𝒚 0.719 − 0.205
𝑀= = = 0.63
∆𝒙 0.81 − 0

Intercepto =0.2

𝑊𝑁 = 0.63𝑋 + 0.2
esBalances de materia
B(base) 1 kg/s > 74.3
S0 0.3458 < 25.7

kg/s kg/kg B
Total 1000
soluto 257 0.3458
B 743 1

S0 0.3458
f 0.95
SN 0.01729

Soluto 0.32851 > 70%

solvente 0.14079 < 30%
W0 0.3458

WN 0.2
Vn+1 0.3235

𝑆𝑁
𝑊𝑁 = 0. .63𝑋 + 0.2 donde x es ( )
𝑊𝑁
𝑆𝑁
𝑊𝑁 = 0.63( ) + 0.2 despejando y agrupando términos
𝑊𝑁

𝑊𝑁2 − 0.2𝑊𝑁 − 0.0108

0.2±√(0.22 )−4(−0.0108)(1)
𝑊𝑁 = = 0.20 para 𝑊𝑁 ⁡ de valor positivo
2
Cálculo de numero de etapas en Excel
etapa 1
W0=0.3458 S0=0.3458

0.7 X
0.641 W
0.4487 S
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁
etapa 2
0.56430347 X
0.55551118 W
0.31347689 S
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁

etapa 3
0.43620325 X
0.47480805 W
0.20711282 S
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁

etapa 4
0.31726602 X
0.39987759 W
0.12686757 S
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁

etapa 5
0.20936619 X
0.3319007 W
0.06948879 S
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁

etapa 6
0.11462166 X
0.27221165 W
0.03120135 S
𝑆2 >𝑆𝑁
etapa 7
0.03515528 X
0.22214782 W
0.00780967 S
𝑆3 <𝑆𝑁 ⁡

R= 7 etapas