AECH2111 Principles of Chemical Engineering -I

Worksheet# 8 – Class Assignment

(Material balance without chemical reaction)

Name: _______________________________ CNAQ# _________________

Date: _____/_____/_____

1. An evaporator is fed with 15000 kg/h of a solution containing 10% NaCl, 15% NaOH and
rest water. In the operation water is evaporated and NaCl is precipitated as crystals. The thick
liquor leaving the evaporator contains 45% NaOH, 2% NaCl and rest water.
Calculate: (a) kg/h water evaporated (b) kg/h salt precipitated (c) kg/h thick liquor leaving.

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2. Two methanol-water mixtures are contained in separate flasks. The first mixture is 40.0
wt % methanol, and the second is 70.0 wt % methanol. If 200 g of the first mixture is
combined with 150 g of the second, what will be the mass and composition of the
resulting mixture?

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