NFC Institute of Engineering & Technology, Multan

Examination: B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Summer Semester End-Term (2020)

Chemical Engineering Department
Date: 03-07-2020
Subject: CPC -II Course Code: CHE-203/204
Time Allowed: 3.0 Hours Max. Marks: 50

Note: Attempt All Questions

Q.No.1
Determine the fuel gas analysis and air fuel ratio by weight when fuel oil with 84.9% carbon,
11.4% hydrogen, 3.2% sulphur, 0.4% oxygen and 0.1% ash by weight is burnt with 20%
excess air, assume complete combustion.

Q.No.2 The chlorination of methane occurs by the following reaction

CH 4+Cl2→CH3C1+HC1
You are asked to determine the product composition if the conversion of the limiting reactant
is 60%, and the feed composition in mole % is given as: 50% CH4, 40% C12, and 10% N2.

Q.No.3 Methane is oxidized with air to produce formaldehyde in a continuous reactor. A

competing reaction is the combustion of methane to form CO 2. A flow chart of the process
for an assumed basis of 100 ml of methane fed to the reactor is given as.

CH4 (g) + O2 → HCHO (g) + H2O (v)

CH4 (g) + O2 → CO2 +2H2O (v)

Q.No.4 A turbine discharges 200kg/hr. of saturated steam at 10 bar absolute. It is desired to

generate steam at 250 0C and 10 bar by mixing the turbine discharge with a second stream of
superheated steam of 300 0C and 10 bar.
(a) If 300kg/hr of the product steam is to be generated, how much heat must be added to the
mixer?
(b) If instead the mixing is carried out adiabatically, at what rate is the product steam
generated?
Q.No.5 Air at 90 0F and 90% relative humidity is cooled to 55 0F at a constant pressure of
1atm. Use the Psychometric chart to calculate the fraction of water that condenses and the
rate at which heat must be removed to deliver 1500 ft3/min of humid air at final condition.