CONFIDENTIAL UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Institute Of Chemical & Bioengineering Technology FINAL EXAMINATION JANUARY 2014 SESSION SUBJECT CODE CPB 20203 SUBJECT TITLE : NUMERICAL METHODS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LEVEL : BACHELOR ‘TIME / DURATION (3 HOURS ) DATE INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Please read the instructions given in the question paper CAREFULLY. 2, This question paper is printed on both sides of the paper. 3. Please write your answers on the answer booklet provided. 4, Answer should be written in blue or black ink except for sketching, graphic and illustration. 5. This question paper consists of FOUR (4) questions. Answer ALL questions. 6. Answer all questions in English. Appendix is attached. THERE ARE 4 PAGES OF QUESTIONS AND 3 PAGES OF APPENDIX, EXCLUDING THIS PAGE.JANUARY 2014 CONFIDENTIAL INSTRUCTION: Answer ALL questions. Please use the answer booklet provided. Question 1 Figure 1 shows five reactors linked by pipes. As indicated, the rate of transfer of chemicals through each pipe is equal to a flow rate, Qm*/min muttiolied by the concentration of the reactor from which the flow originates, c ml/m?. ifthe system is at a steady state, the transfer into each reactor will balance the transfer out Figure 1 Conservation of mass in a system of reactors with constant volumes. a) Develop mass-balance equations for the reactors. (6 marks) b) Solve the five simultaneous jinear algebraic equations in part (a) for their concentrations using Gauss elimination method, (13 marks) c) Write MATLAB code to create matrices of coefficients for the variables and constants ‘on the right-hand sides and solve the system. (6 marks) ‘CPB 20203 NUMERICAL METHODS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING '