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CHE426: Problem set #4
1. An engineer has designed a system in which a positive-displacement pump is used to
pump water from an atmosphere tank into a pressurized tank operating at 150 psig. A control
valve is installed between the pump discharge and the pressurized tank.
With the pump running at a constant speed and stroke length, 350 gpm of water is
pumped when the control valve is wide open and the pump discharge pressure is 200 psig.
If the control valve is pinched back to 60 percent open, determine

(a) the water flow rate 350 gpm

(b) If the pump reduces speed so that the water flow rate is 250 gpm at 60 percent valve
open, determine the pump discharge pressure

220.9 psig

2. A 2 L glass jar is half filled with water and half filled with air at a temperature of
293oK. After 92 mg (=10-3 mol, mw = 92) of liquid toluene is added, the jar is sealed. At
293oK, the Henry’s law constant for toluene is KH,g = 0.15 [Matm-1]. Note: M= mol/L,
gas constant = 82.0510-3 Latm/molK

Pt
Air

Ct
Liquid water

Determine the equilibrium partial pressure (atm) of toluene in the gas phase and the
equilibrium concentration (M) of toluene in the water.

Solution

Pt = 5.2310-3 atm

Ct = 7.8610-4 M
3.2 We want to design a control valve for admitting cooling water to a cooling coil in an
exothermic chemical reactor. The normal flow rate is 60 gpm and the minimum flow rate is
25 gpm. To prevent reactor runaways, the valve must be able to provide three times the
design flow rate. The pressure drop through the cooling coil is 5 psi at the design flow rate of
60 gpm. The cooling water is pumped from an atmospheric tank. The water leaving the coil
run into a pipe in which the pressure is constant at 2 psig. Size the control valve and the
pump.

Solution

Cv = 26.12 gpm/psi0.5 and PT = 92.5 psig. The pump head is then PP = PT +2 = 94.5 psi.