Everything about The Fenske Equation totally explained
The
Fenske equation in continuous
fractional distillation is an
equation used for calculating the minimum number of
theoretical plates required for the separation of a binary feed stream by a
fractionation column that's being operated at total
reflux (for example, which means that no overhead product distillate is being withdrawn from the column).
The equation was derived by Merrell Fenske in 1932, a professor who served as the head of the
chemical engineering department at the
Pennsylvania State University from 1959 to 1969.
This is one of the many different but equivalent versions of the Fenske equation:
» = vapor pressure of pure component n
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