Introduction to

Chemical
Engineering

Rahaf
Taymat

Mohammad

20150022047
Home Work Number 2

I.

3.3

The specific gravity of gasoline is approximately o.70

a) Determine the mass ( kg ) of 50.0 liters of
gasoline .

b) The mass flow rate of gasoline exiting a

refinery tank is 1150 kg / min . Estimate the
volumetric flow rate in liters/s .

c) Estimate the average mass flow rate ( Ib

min ) delivered by a gasoline pump .

d) Gasoline and kerosene ( specific gravity =0.82

) are blended to obtain a mixture with a specific
gravity of 0.78 . Calculate the volumetric ratio
( volume of gasoline / volume of kerosene ) of the
two compounds in the mixture , Assuming V blend =
V gasoline + V kerosene .

II.

3.6 At 250 C , an aqueous solutioncontaning 35,0 wt %

H2SO4has a specific gravity of 1.2563 . A quantity os the 35 %
solution is needed that contains 195.5 kg of H2SO4 .
a Calculate the required volume ( L ) of the
solution using the given specific gravity .

a) Estimate the percentage error that would have

resulted if pure _ component specific gravities of
H2SO4 ( SG = 1.8255 ) and water had been used
for the calculation instead of the given specific
gravity of the mixture .

III.

3.34 A rectangular block of height L & horizontal cross _

sectional area A floats at the interface between two immiscible
liquids as shown below .
a) Derive a formula for the block density b , in
terms of the fluid density 1 & 2 , the heights h0 ,
h1 & h2 & the cross _ sectional area A . ( It is not
necessary that all of these variable appear in the
final result ) .

b) Force balances on the block can be calculated

in two ways :
(1)
In terms of the weight of the block and the
hydrostatic force on the upper & lower block surfaces

(2)
In terms of the weight of the block & the
buoyant force on the block as expressed by
Archimedes principle . Prove that these two
approaches are equivalent .
Block [b
3
(g/cm ) ]

Fluid1 [ 1 (g/cm3) ]

h0

h1
L

h2

Fluid2 [2
3
(g/cm ) ]

IV.

3.41 Three different liquids are used in the manometer shown

here.
a) Derive an expression for P1 P2 in terms of
A, B , C , h1 &h2 .
b) Suppose fluid A is methanol , B is water , & C is
a manometer fluid with a specific gravity of 1.37 ;
P2 = 121.0 kPa ; h1= 30.0 cm ; & h2= 24.0 cm .
calculate P1 ( kPa )

V.

3.45 An incline manometer is a useful device for measuring

small pressure differences.
The formula given in section 3.4 for the pressure difference in terms of the liquidlevel difference h remains valid , but while h would be small & difficult to read for a
small pressure drop by if the manometer were vertical , L can be made quite large
for the same pressure drop by making the angle of the inclination small .
a) Derive a formula for h in terms of L & .

b) Suppose the manometer fluid is water, the process

fluid is a gas , the inclination of the manometer is
=150 C , & a reading L = 8.7 cm is obtained . What is
the pressure difference between points 1 & 2.

VI.

3.48

Convert the temperature in parts

intervals in parts (c) & (d):

a)

T = 850 F to 0R, 0C, K

b) T = -100C to K, 0F, 0R

c) T = 850C to K, 0F, 0R

d) T = 1500R to 0F, 0C, K

(a) & (b) and temperature