Process Equipment and Plant Design
With increase in the reflux ratio for a fixed production from a continuous binary distillation column, the __________ decreases.

Fixed charges initially
Running cost of cooling water for condenser
Running cost of steam for reboiler
Vapour & liquid load both

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Process Equipment and Plant Design
Ponchon Savarit method is based on the use of enthalpy concentration diagram, which contains the bubble point curve (saturated liquid curve), dew point curve (saturated vapour curve) and equilibrium tie lines. As compared to McCabe-Thiele's method, this method

All of these
Is more accurate in finding the number of equilibrium stages
Accounts for the enthalpy changes in the process
Facilitates direct calculation of heat load on reboiler & condenser from, the diagram used in this method

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