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Jordan University of Science and Technology

Chemical Engineering Department

Applied Mathematics and Modelling for Chemical Engineers CHE 452

Professor Majdi Al-Mahasneh

Key solution HW # 1 Applications on 1st order Ordinary Differential equations

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Problem 1. Glucose utilization in human body

Problem 2. Mixing

Solution
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Problem 3. C Dating

1. Use equation to derive the relationship between 14C and time?

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2. If a fossil bone is found to contain 0.1% of its original 14C, then find its age?
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Problem 4. Newton's law of cooling

Use this differential equation to derive a relationship between body temperature and time?

Solution
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Problem 5. nth order reaction in CSTR

Consider the nth order, irreversible reaction in CSTR with Flow in and flow out Fin and
Fout , volume Vo.

Derive an equation for the concentration of CA with time for the following cases:

1. The reactor is operated in batch mode (Fin and Fout =0).

2. The reactor is operated at S. S. mode. Fin = Fout

3. The reactor is operated at fed-batch mode. Fout = 0.

Problem 6. Classify

Classify the following ODE in terms of linearity, order, degree, homogeneous:

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