In addition to all the homeworks and quiz and examples we did in class, please do these problems for

preparation of exam
1. In a two stage process, Acetic acid (A) is extracted from water (W) into hexanol (H) in a liquid liquid
extraction vessel and the extract is subsequently separated by distillation. Assume that water is
completely insoluble in hexanol. A mixture of 18 wt% acetic acid and the balance water is fed to a liquidliquid extraction vessel. Pure hexanol is fed to the column to extract the acetic acid. The water-rich
steam leaving the vessel is 99.5 wt% water and the balance acetic acid. The hexanol-rich extract from
the vessel is fed to distillation column. The composition of distillate is 96 wt% acid and balance hexanol.
The bottom steam contains 97.2 wt% hexanol and recovers 95% of the hexanol fed to the liquid-liquid
extraction vessel.
(a) Draw the flow diagram
(b) Find degree of freedom for each processes and overall process.
Calculate the percentage of acetic acid in the process feed that is recovered in the distillation stream.
(Answer 95.6%)
2. Acrylonitrile is produced by the reaction of propylene, ammonia, and oxygen.

The feed contains 10 mole% propylene, 12% ammonia, and 78% air. A fractional conversion of 30% of
the limiting reactant is achieved. Determine which reactant is limiting, the percentage by which each of
the other reactants is in excess, and the extent of reaction for 30% conversion of the limiting reactant.
3. . The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is measured by a multi-fluid manometer,
as shown in the figure. Determine the gage pressure of air in the tank if h1 = 0.2 m, h2 = 0.3 m and h3 =
0.46 m.

Take the densities of water, oil and mercury to be 1000 kg/m3, 850 kg/m3 and 13,600 kg/m3,
respectively
Ans. 56.9 kPa gage
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