CMT405 (UNIT OPERATION IN CHEMICAL PROCESS) TEST 1 MAY2020

Answer all questions.

QUESTION 1

It is desired to prepare 1250 kg of a solution composed of 12 wt% ethanol and 88 wt% water.
Two solutions are availabe, the first contains 5 wt% ethanol and the second contains 25 wt%
ethanol.

a) Draw the flowchart of the process.

(3 marks)
b) Determine the amount of each solution required to prepare the desired solution.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 2

Fresh water can be produced from sea water using reverse osmosis process as shown
below:
R kg/h brine Recycle

Reverse
1000 kg/h seawater F kg/h osmosis E kg/h B kg/h Brine waste
3 wt% salt 4wt% salt cell 5 wt% salt

D kg/h Fresh water

0.05 wt% salt

Determine all the unknown mass flowrates and the value of R/E.
(6 marks)

QUESTION 3

5.77 g Tetraphosphorus (P4) burns in 5.77 g oxygen to produce P4O6. (MW P4 =124 gmol-1;
O2 = 32 gmol-1; P4O6 = 220 gmol-1)

a) Write a balance equation for the reaction above.

(1 mark)
b) Determine limiting reactant and excess reactant.
(3 marks)
c) If 9.53g of P4O6 is produced, determine the percent conversion of P4 .
(2 marks)

QUESTION 4

A solution containing hexane and pentane has a total vapor pressure of 252.0 torr. Vapor
pressure for pure hexane and pentane are 151.0 torr and 425.0 torr respectively. Determine
the mole fraction of pentane in this solution.
(2 marks)

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QUESTION 5

100 kmol of a 60 mole% benzene–toluene mixture is subjected to batch distillation until a 30

mole% residue is obtained. Determine the amount of distillate obtained and mol fraction of
benzene in distillate. Graph of 1/(y-x) versus x is provided below.
(4 marks)

QUESTION 6

A column is to be designed to continously distill 450 Ibmol/h of a binary mixture of 60 mol%

benzene and 40 mol% toluene. A distillate and bottom product of 95 mol% and 5 mol% are to
be produced.

a) Determine the number of theoretical stage if the feed enters the tower is a mixture of
40% liquid and 60 % vapor and the reflux ratio is 1.59.
(4 marks)

b) Determine the minimum reflux ration if the feed enters the column is saturated liquid.
(2 marks)

Vapor-liquid equilibrium data for benzene toluene system

x 1 0.77 0.66 0.56 0.46 0.37 0.29 0.21 0.14 0.08 0
y 1 0.9 0.83 0.76 0.68 0.6 0.5 0.39 0.28 0.16 0

The vapor liquid equilibrium diagram of benzene-toluene mixture is provided below. Attach
this diagram to your answer.

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