ChE 2103

Chap 4
Material balances for reacting and non-reacting chemical and biochemical systems
including recycle, bypass and purge.

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How to solve
1. Read the question carefully. Do not skip any word.
2. Draw a flowchart. Check the question while doing it.
3. Find out DOF.
4. Perform material balance

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DOF analysis
DOF = No. Unknowns – No. of equations
DOF = No. of unknowns – No. Independent Balances –
No. of other equations

80 mol Soln / min

100 mol Soln / min .2 A
.8 B
x1 A 20 mol Soln / min
x2 B
x3 A
x4 B

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DOF analysis
DOF = No. of unknowns – No. Independent Balances –
No. of other equations

Ref: learncheme.com

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Example 4.3-1

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Is old Fred right-handed or left-handed?
Eggs are sorted into two sizes (large and extra large) at the Cheerful Chicken Dairy. Unfortunately, business has
not been good lately, and since the Cheerful Chicken's 40-year-old egg-sorting machine business has not been
good lately, and since the Cheerful Chicken's 40-year-old egg-sorting machine finally gave up the ghost there
have been no funds available to replace it. Instead, Old Fred, one of the firm's sharper-eyed employees, has been
equipped with a "Large" rubber stamp in his right hand and an "X-large" stamp in his left and assigned to stamp
each egg with the appropriate label as it goes by on the conveyor belt. Down the line, another employee puts the
eggs into either of two hoppers, each egg according to its stamp. The system works reasonably well, all things
considered, except that Old Fred has a heavy hand and on the average breaks 30% of the 120 eggs that pass by
him each minute. At the same time, a check of the "X-large" stream reveals a flow rate of 70 eggs/min, of which
25 eggs/min are broken.

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