Chemical engineering question paper

Answer all of the following. Each question carries 10 marks. 1. (a) Saturated steam 100 F enters a compressor through a 8 in diameter pipe with a velocity o 10 t!s. "t e#ist through a $ in diameter pipe at $%0 F and &%0 psia with '( ) 1((&.1 *tu!l+ and v( ) 1.&,& t&!l+ . -hat is the power input (in -) o the compressor.
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/ata0 For saturated steam at 100o F1 speci ic volume and speci ic enthalpy value0 H1 ( sat vap ) = 110,.1 *tu!l+ m (+) Calculate the total q1 w1 U and H or a monatomic gas e#panded rom &00 3 to (, 4 e#panded rom &00 31 (, 4 to 8,0 31 % 4 with isothermal compression ollowed +y isochoric temperature increase. ($ 2) (. 2ethanol is produced +y reacting car+on mono#ide (C5) and hydrogen ('(). 6 resh eed containing C5 and '( 7oins the recycle stream1 and the com+ined eed is ed to the reactor. 6 portion o the methanol leaving the reactor is condensed1 and the unconsumed C5 and '(1 uncondensed methanol is recycled. 8he vapor stream going rom the reactor to the condenser has a low rate o (9, mol!min and contains 10.% wt: '(1 %$wt: C5 and (,.$ wt: C'&5'. 8he mol raction o methanol in the recycle stream is 0.00$. 6 low diagram has +een given. v1 ( sat vap ) = &,0.$ t & !l+ m (% 2)

(i) Calculate the molar low rate o C5 and '( in the resh eed1 and (ii) Calculate the production rate o liquid methanol (C'&5'). (;iven molar mass o '( is ( g!mol1 C5 is (8 g!mol and C'&5' is &( g!mol) (10 2) &. 8he gas phase reaction (6 * < C) ollows an elementary rate law and is to +e carried out irst in a =F> and then in a separate e#periment in a CS8>. -hen pure 6 is ed to a 10 dm& =F> at &00 3 and a volumetric low rate o , dm&!s1 the conversion is 80:. -hen a mi#ture o ,0: 6 and ,0: inert (") is ed to a 10 dm& CS8> at &(0 3 and a volumetric low rate o , dm&!s1 the conversion is 80:. -hat is the activation energy in cal!mol. (10 2) $. ?itrogen gas is +eing withdrawn at the rate o $., g!s rom a 0.1, m& cylinder1 initially containing the gas at a pressure o 10 +ar and &(0 3. 8he cylinder does not conduct heat1 nor does its temperature change during the emptying process. -hat will +e the temperature and pressure o the gas in the cylinder a ter , minutes. -hat will +e the rate o change o the gas temperature at this time. ?itrogen can +e considered to +e an ideal gas with C= ) &0 @!(mol 3). (10 2)