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28 Minimum Stages Calculation For Multicomponent Distillation Column Keywords: Minimum No. of stages, Minimum reflex ratio, Actual no. of stages For a specified separation between two key components of a multicomponent mixture, an exact expression is easily developed for the required minimum number of equilibrium stages, which corresponds to total reflux. Consider the figure in which no feed is adding and no product is taking out. Fig. 28.1: Distillation Column Under Total reflex Condition For steady state operation within the column, heat input to the reboiler and heat output from the condenser are made equal consuming (no heat losses). By material balance, vapour and liquid streams passing between any pair of stages have equal flow rates and composition, e.g. V =L and Y =X . N-1 N 1N-1 1N However, vapour and liquid flow rates will change from stage to stage unless the assumption of const. molal over flow is valid. For component i at stage 1 Y =K X …28.1 i1 i1 i1 But for passing streams Y =X …28.2 i1 i2 From equation (28. 1) and equation (28.2) X =K X …28.3 i2 i1 i1 Similarly for stage 2 Y =K X …28.4 i2 i2 i2 Combining equation (28.3) and (28.4) Y =K K X …28.5 i2 i2 i1 i1 Similarly for ith component Y =K K K ……….K X