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EngineeringChemical EngineeringSeparation ProcessesSeparation ScienceTransport PhenomenaDistillationInterfacial Mass TransferInterfacial TransportInterfacial Transport PhenomenaMass TransferMass TransportDiffusional EffectsMass Transfer In DistillationMixing In Multicomponent SystemsMulticomponent DistillationMulticomponent TransportMurphree EfficiencyTransfer CharacteristicsTray Distillation
The mass transfer characteristics during distillation of n-component mixtures on a well-mixed tray are analysed using matrix formulations of the interfacial transport rate relations. The Murphree point efficiencies of individual components are seen to be capable of exhibiting bizarre behaviour (Eoyi ⋍0; Eoyt 1 Eoyt± ∞) arising out of diffusional interaction effects in multicomponent systems.