Liquid from a brewery fermenter can be considered to contain 10% ethanol and 90% water. 40000 Kg /h of this fermentation product are pumped to a...

. Liquid from a brewery fermenter can be considered to contain 10% ethanol and 90% water. 40000 Kg /h of this fermentation product are pumped to a distillation column on the factory site. Under current operating conditions a distillate of 45% ethanol and 55% water is produced from the top of the column at a rate one –tenth that of the feed.(a)