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                                 45213  42513  42153   42135             42135     42153     24153
                              1                              2      2                              4
                                                                                          24
                                 45213 42513  42153  42135  24135         42135           42153
                              1                              3      2                              5
                                 45213  42513  42153   24153              24135            24153
                              1                              4      3                              4
                                  45213     42513     42153             24135         24153  42153
                              1                              5      3                              5
                                                  15                              35
                                     42135           24135                 24153           42153
                              2                              3      4                              5
                                                        i, j,k
                                                         (2)
                               Figure 8.12. Component-order Reg ord  and tear-off (double line for the overhead product
                                 j                                   j
                                  t(2)                               t(2)
                               Reg r  and thick line for the bottom product Reg s ) segments on edges of the water(1)-
                                 i                                   i
                               methanol(2)-acetic acid(3)-acetone(4)-pyridine(5) concentration pentahedron.
                                                                                    2,3
                                                                                      t
                                 The following splits are feasible: (1) 1 : 2,3,4 (entrainer 4, Reg − tear-off edge
                                                                                      e
                                                                            4       1,4
                               1-4) because component 1 is possible top product Reg D at separation of mixture
                                                                            1         1
                               1,4 and in face 2-3-4 there is possible bottom product region Reg B ; (2) 1 : 2,3,4
                                             3                  1,3,2,4              2,3,4
                                               t
                               (entrainer 2,4, Reg − tear-off region Reg ord in face 1-2-4) because component 1
                                               e
                                            1,2,4   2,4
                               is possible top product Reg D at separation of mixture 1,2,4 and in face 2-3-4 there
                                                    1          1                               2
                                                                                                 t
                               is possible bottom product region Reg B ; and (3) 1,3 : 2,4 (entrainer 4, Reg −
                                                                                                 e
                                                              2,3,4                           1,3,4
                                             3,1,2,4    1,3,2,4
                               tear-off regions Reg ord and Reg ord in face 1-3-4) because mixture 1,3 is possible
                                           4
                               top product Reg D at separation of mixture 1,3,4 and mixture 2,4 is possible bottom
                                       1,3  1,3
                               product Reg B at separation of the initial mixture.
                                       2,4                         2,3
                                                                      t
                                 We note that split 3 : 1,2,4 (entrainer 4, Reg − tear-off segment [3, α 13 ] in edge
                                                                      e
                                                                   3,4
                               3-4) is not feasible in spite of the fact that, as was shown, trajectory tear-off from
                               edge 3-4 is possible in the intermediate section and component 3 can be the top
                               product of separation of mixture 3,4. In this case, the third necessary condition –
                               possible bottom product composition region is absent in face 1-2-4 – is not valid.
                                                          3                  1,2,3,4
                                                            t
                                 Splits 1,2 : 3,4 (entrainer 4, Reg − tear-off region Reg ord in face 1-2-4) and 3 :
                                                            e
                                                  1      1,2,4       3,1,2,4
                                                    t
                               1,2,4 (entrainer 2,4, Reg − tear-off region Reg ord in face 2-3-4) are not valid for
                                                    e
                                                 2,3,4
                               the reasons given above.
                        8.4.6.3. Example 2: Simple Columns
                               We now discuss a more complicated task: separation of five-component mix-
                               ture water(1)-methanol(2)-acetic acid(3)-acetone(4)-pyridin(5) with three bi-
                               nary azeotropes 15, 24, 35 (Petlyuk et al., 1985). Figure 8.12 shows seg-
                                       ijk
                               ments Reg ord  of identical order of components; Figs. 8.13 and 8.14 show
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