lof ll CHEE 210 QUE! FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIE! "S UNIVERSITY CE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHEE 210 FINAL EXAMINATION April 2014 Dr. Amsden INSTRUCTIONS: This examination is THREE HOURS in length. Please answer all questions in the answer booklets provided. Put your student number on the front of all answer booklets. MAKE. SURE TO HAND IN YOUR EQUATION SHEETS WITH YOUR EXAM BOOKLET! GOOD LUCK! ~The candidate is urged to submit with the answer paper a clear statement of any assumptions made if doubt exists as to the interpretation of any question that requires a written answer.” There are 7 questions and 11 pages to this exam. Answer all questions, The value of each question is provided. All required thermodynamic data are provided.2of ll CHEM 244 Question 1 (5) Explain how i) increasing the boiler pressure and ii) decreasing the condenser pressure increases the thermal efficiency of a steam plant operating under an ideal Rankine Cycle. Question 2 (5) Explain why itis desirable to have a refrigerant that has a i) high latent heat of vaporization as. well as ii) a low viscosit Question 3 (5) A refrigeration process uses R134a as the refrigerant in a Rankine cycle. Asa design criteria, the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator is to be 3. The cold temperature to be obtained is ~ 20°C, with saturated vapor leaving the evaporator. The quality of the R134a entering the evaporator should be no more than 0.3. Assuming that the compressor operates isentropicall determine the final pressure after compression required to achieve these design criteria, A P-H diagram for R134a is attached. Question 4 (5) A liquefaction process has been designed to produce liquid methane. Methane is compressed {rom 2 MPa and 300 K to 6 MPa isentropically. It is then cooled to 200 K. This is followed by aan expansion to 0.1 MPa, a) If the flow rate of gaseous methane into the process is 100 kg/h, how many kg of liquid methane are produced every hour? b) Estimate the heat capacity of methane at 6 MPa over a 20°C temperature range. A P-H diagram for methane is attached, Question 5 (15) A stream of propane gas is partially liquefied by throttling from 200 atm and 370 K to 1 atm, What fraction of the gas is liquefied in this process? The Antoine equation parameters for propane are : A = 9.1058, B = 1872.46 K, C = - 25.16 K which gives P™'in atm. The enthalpy of saturated liquid propane at 1 atm is 419.16 ki/kg and the enthalpy of saturated propane vapor is 848.08 ki/kg at 1 atm, See next pages for Questions 6 and 7.3of ll CHEE 210 Question 6 (15) A steam plant is designed as a combined Brayton-Rankine cycle as shown below. In the Brayton cycle, the combustion occurs at 8 atm, generating a temperature for the gas entering the turbine of 1300 K. The inlet air is at 300 K. The gas compressor has an efficiency of 85% and the turbine has an efficiency of 90%. The exhaust gas (stream 5) is at 300 K and 1 atm. The gas entering the turbine and being exhausted can be assumed to be 100% carbon dioxide (molecular weight 44 g/mol). Use y = 1.4 for the gas phase during the compression. In the Rankine cyele, liquid water ‘enters the heat exchanger at 6.2 MPa. The condenser is operated at 101.325 kPa, with saturated ‘water entering the pump. The Rankine cycle turbine also has an efficiency of 90%, while the pump has an efficiency of 95%. If the gas flow rate through the Brayton eycle is 66.8 kg/s and the steam flow rate through the Rankine cycle is 10 kg/s, calculate the efficiency of the plant. Air inlet Exhaust <2