Problem 3) Thermo review: You are asked to design a flash drum to separate a 100 mole/min equimolar stream of hexane (1) and octane (2) at T = 90 °C. Assume that the system behaves as an ideal gas and an ideal mixture.
a) Determine an appropriate pressure (in bar) for the flash drum.
b) At the pressure determined in part a, determine the composition and flow rates of the outlet streams.
c) Do you think the assumption of ideal gas and ideal mixture is accurate for this system? Why or why not?