CALCULATION

MEMORIZE

6. Air is bubbled through a drum of liquid hexane at a rate of 0.10 kmol/min. The gas stream leaving the
drum contains 10 mol% hexane vapor. Air may be considered insoluble in liquid hexane. Use an integral
balance to estimate the time required to vaporize 10 m3 of the liquid.

6900 min

MEMORIZE

For numbers 49 to 51:

A contact sulfuric acid plant produces 98.0 % sulfuric acid, by absorbing SO3 into a 97.3% sulfuric acid
solution. A gas containing 8.00 % SO3 (remainder inerts) enters the SO3 absorption tower at the rate of
28 lb mol per hour. 98.5 % of the SO3 is absorbed in this tower. 97.3 % sulfuric acid is introduced into
the top of the tower and 95.9 % sulfuric acid from another part of the process is used as make - up acid.
The flow sheet is given in the figure with all of the known data on it. Calculate the following:

Tons/day of 95.9 % H2SO4 make-up acid solution required.

2060 lb

Tons/day of 97.3 % H2SO4 solution introduced into the top of the tower

6470 lb

Tons/day of 98 % H2SO4 solution produced.

2240 lb

LAGI

For numbers 30 to 32:

A limestone analysis: CaCO3 – 92.89%, MgCO3 – 5.41% and unreactive – 1.70%. By heating the
limestone, you recover oxides that together known as lime:

How many pounds of calcium oxide can be made from 1 ton of limestone?

1041 lb

How many pounds of CO2 can be recovered per lb of limestone?

0.44

How many pounds of limestone are needed to make 1 ton of lime?

3550

LAGI (typo)

For numbers 33 to 35:

Your plant that uses a fuel that contains sulfur and negligible amount of nitrogen. A scrubber with 90%
sulfur reductance was installed. The water scrubber was treated with caustic soda producing bisulfate.
(dapat bisulfite)

What is the amount of sulfur reacted in the feed if 980 kg of bisulfite was produced?

301.5 kg

How many caustic soda was used?

376.6 kg

How much SO2 was produced?

67 kg

LAGI

For numbers 43 to 45:

Given the reaction of ethyl tetrabromide with zinc dust produces C2H2 and ZnBr2. Based on the
C2H2Br4, on one pass through the reactor the conversion is 80%, and the unreacted C2H2Br4 is
recycled. On the basis of 1000 kg/hr of C2H2Br4 fed to the reactor per hour, calculate

The rate of recycle in lb/hr

250 kg

The amount of Zn that has to be added per hour if Zn is to be 20% in excess

454 kg

The mole ratio of ZnBr2 to C2H2 in the products

2.0

LAGI

For numbers 46 to 48: TiCl4 can be formed by reacting titanium dioxide (TiO2) with hydrochloric acid.
TiO2 is available as an ore containing 78 % TiO2 and 22 % inerts. The HCl is available as 45 wt% solution
(the balance is water). The per pass conversion of TiO2 is 75 %. The HCl is fed into the reactor in 20 %
excess based on the reaction. Pure unreacted TiO2is recycled back to mix with the TiO2 feed.
TiO2+ 4 HCl TiCl4 + 2H2O

For 1 kg of TiCl4 produced, determine:

The kg of TiO2 ore fed

0.54

The kg of 45 wt % HCl solution fed.

2.05

The ratio of recycle stream to fresh TiO2 ore (in kg).

0.26

For numbers 12 to 14:

A continuous still is to be used to separate acetic acid, water, and benzene from each other. On a trial
run, the calculated data were as follows: feed (F) composed of an aqueous acetic acid (HAc) solution
(80% HAc, 20% H2O) and benzene (Bz) with mass fraction ΩBz,F; waste (W) composed of 10.9% HAc,
21.7% H2O, and 67.4% Bz; and HAc product (P) at 350 kg/h. Data recording the benzene composition of
the feed were not taken because of an instrument defect.

Which of the following correctly expresses the HAc balance for the operation?

0.8(1 - ΩBz,F)F = 0.109(F - 350) + 350

Which of the following correctly expresses the Bz balance for the operation?

c. (ΩBz,F)F = 0.674(F - 350)

What is the mass percentage of Bz in the feed

38.32%

27-29.)

An equimolar liquid mixture of benzene and toluene is separated into two product streams by
distillation. A process flowchart and a somewhat
oversimplified description of what happens in the process
follow:
Inside the column a liquid stream flows downward and a vapor stream rises. At each point in the column
some of the liquid vaporizes and some of the vapor condenses. The vapor leaving the top of the column,
which contains 97 mole% benzene, is completely condensed and split into two equal fractions: one is
taken off as the overhead product stream, and the other (the reflux) is recycled to the top of the
column. The overhead product stream contains 89.2% of the benzene fed to the column. The liquid
leaving the bottom of the column is fed to a partial reboiler in which 45% of it is vaporized. The vapor
generated in the reboiler (the boil-up) is recycled to become the rising vapor stream in the column, and
the residual reboiler liquid is taken off as the bottom product stream. The compositions of the streams
leaving the reboiler are governed by the relation

yB (1-yB )/ xB (1-xB) = 2.25

where and are the mole fractions of benzene in the vapor and liquid streams, respectively. Take a basis
of 100 mol fed to the column, determine the following:

The molar amounts of overhead and bottom products

46 mol and 54 mol

The mole fraction of benzene in the bottom product

0.1

The percentage recovery of toluene in the bottoms product

97%