CAGAMPANG, Julius D.

CHE 15 A1 Assignment 5B
Liquid methanol is fed to a combustion heater at a rate of 12.0 L/h and burned with more air than necessary. The
flue gas is analyzed and the following dry-basis mole percentages are determined:

CH3OH 0.45%
CO2 9.03%
CO 1.81%
Calculate the fraction conversion of methanol and the mole fraction of water in the product gas.

Required: Fractional Conversion; Mole fraction of water

Answer:

𝟏𝟐. 𝟎 𝐿 𝑀𝑒𝑂𝐻/ℎ
Heater
𝑛1ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐻3 𝑂𝐻/ℎ 𝑛3ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐻3 𝑂𝐻/ℎ
𝑛2ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑂2 /ℎ 𝑛4ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁2 /ℎ
𝟑. 𝟕𝟔𝑛2ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑁2 /ℎ 𝑛5ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑂2 /ℎ
𝑛6ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝑂2 /ℎ
𝑛7ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝑂/ℎ
𝑛8ሶ 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻2 𝑂/ℎ

Reactions:
𝟑
𝐶𝐻3 𝑂𝐻 + 𝑂2 → 𝐶𝑂2 + 2𝐻2 𝑂
𝟐
𝐶𝐻3 𝑂𝐻 + 𝑂2 → 𝑪𝑶 + 2𝐻2 𝑂
Provided: 12 L MeOH/h fed to heater; 𝜌𝑀𝑒𝑂𝐻 = 0.792 𝑔/𝑚𝑙; 𝑀𝑊𝑀𝑒𝑂𝐻 = 32.04 𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙
𝟏𝟐 𝐿 𝟎. 𝟕𝟗𝟐 𝑔 1000 𝑚𝑙
( )( )( ) = 𝟗𝟓𝟎𝟒 𝒈/𝒉
ℎ 𝑚𝑙 𝐿
𝑔 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑴𝒆𝑶𝑯
(9504 ) ( ) = 𝟐𝟗𝟕 𝑓𝑒𝑑 = 𝒏𝟏ሶ
ℎ 𝟑𝟐. 𝟎𝟒 𝑔 𝒉

DOF Analysis (Extent of Reaction):

# of unknowns= 7
# of reactions= 2
# of reactive species= -5
# of unreactive species= -1
# of extra info: -3
0 DOF

Material Balances:
𝒏𝟑ሶ = 𝑛1ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝝃𝟐
𝑛4ሶ = 3.76𝒏𝟐ሶ
𝟑
𝑛5ሶ = 𝑛2ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝜉2
𝟐
𝑛6ሶ = 𝝃𝟏
𝒏𝟕ሶ = 𝜉2
𝑛8ሶ = 𝟐𝜉1 + 𝟐𝜉2
Dry Basis:

CH3OH 0.45%
CO2 9.03%
CO 1.81%
 𝟑 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝟑
Total Dry: 𝑛1ሶ — 𝝃𝟏 − 𝜉2 + 3.76𝑛2ሶ + 𝒏𝟐ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝜉2 + 𝝃𝟏 + 𝝃𝟐 = 𝟐𝟗𝟕 + 𝟒. 𝟕𝟔𝑛2ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝜉2 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑦
𝟐 ℎ 𝟐

CH3OH:
(297 − 𝝃𝟏 − 𝜉2 )
𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟒𝟓 =
3
(297 + 4.76𝑛2ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝜉2 )
2
CO2:
𝝃𝟏
0.0903 =
3
(297 + 4.76𝑛2ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝜉2 )
2

CO:
𝝃𝟐
𝟎. 𝟎𝟏𝟖𝟏 =
3
(297 + 4.76𝑛2ሶ − 𝜉1 − 𝜉2 )
2
𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒍
𝜉1 = 𝟐𝟑𝟖 ; 𝜉2 = 𝟒𝟕. 𝟔 ; 𝑛2ሶ = 𝟓𝟕𝟓
𝒉 𝒉 𝒉

Fractional Conversion of MeOH:

𝑛3ሶ = 297 − 238 − 47.6 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟒 𝒎𝒐𝒍/𝒉

297−11.4
𝑓 = 𝑛1ሶ − 𝑛3ሶ = = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟔𝟏𝟔 𝒐𝒓 𝟗𝟔. 𝟏𝟔%
297
𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝒎𝒐𝒍
𝑛8ሶ = 2𝜉1 + 𝟐𝜉2 = 2 (𝟐𝟑𝟖 ) + 2 (47.6 ) = 𝟓𝟕𝟎
𝒉 ℎ 𝒉

𝑛3ሶ = 11.4 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐻3𝑂𝐻/ℎ

𝑛4ሶ = 𝟐𝟏𝟔𝟐 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑵𝟐 /𝒉
𝑛5ሶ = 𝟏𝟕𝟎. 𝟒 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑶𝟐/𝒉
𝑛6ሶ = 238 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝑂2 /ℎ
𝒏𝟕ሶ = 𝟒𝟕. 𝟔 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑪𝑶/𝒉
𝑛8ሶ = 570 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻2 𝑂/ℎ
570 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐻2 𝑂/ℎ
𝑌𝐻2𝑂 = = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟕𝟖 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑯𝟐𝑶/𝒎𝒐𝒍
𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒐𝒍/𝒉

𝟑
𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝐶𝐻3 𝑂𝐻 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑶𝟐
𝟐
Needed: 297 (𝑚𝑜𝑙 ) = 𝟒𝟒𝟓 𝒎𝒐𝒍 𝑶𝟐/𝒉
ℎ 𝐶𝐻 3 𝑂𝐻
𝟓𝟕𝟓−445
Excess: ( 445
) ∗ 100 = 𝟐𝟗. 𝟐%
Or fed=1.29 (theoretical)