NOVEMBER 2017

DAY 2 (Chemical Engineering Principles)

2 Past Board Problems:

ChE-Cal (November 2016): Your plant has a furnace that uses a fuel that contains sulphur and negligible
amount of nitrogen. A scrubber with 90% sulphur reductance was installed. The water scrubber was
treated with caustic soda producing bisulphate.
a. What is the amount of sulphur in the feed if 980 kg of bisulphate was produced?
Options: 301.5, 305.1, 105.3, 501.3
b. How much caustic soda was used?
Options: 379.6, 367.6, 397.9, 376.6
c. How much SO2 was produced?
Options: 76, 67, 60.7, 70.6
Che-Cal (May 2017): From Himmelblau 8th Ed. Example 5.3: A limestone analysis: CaCO3 (92.89%),
MgCO3 (5.41%), unreactive (1.70%). By heating the limestone, you recover oxides that together are
known as lime.
a. How many pounds of calcium oxide can be made from 1 ton of this limestone? Ans. 1041 lb/ton
limestone
b. How many pounds of CO2 can be recovered per pound of limestone? Ans. 0.437 lb CO2/lb
limestone
c. How many pounds of limestone are needed to make 1 ton of lime? Ans. 3550 lb limestone/ton
lime

Linked Problems:
Coulson Vol. 1 Problem 3.6:

Questions:
a. how long will it take before water level in larger tank has fallen to 6m?
b. Reynolds Number
c. average velocity in the pipe?
Himmelblau 5th Ed. Example 2.4:
Note: Yung mga material balance equations ang itinanong, e.g. total balance equation
Thermodynamics Problem (Van Ness Example 7.4):
Propane gas at 20 bar and 400K is throttled in a steady-state flow process to 1 bar. Estimate the final
temperature of the propane and its entropy change. Given Tc=369.8K, Pc=42.48 bar, ω=0.152.
a. residual enthalpy (Ans. -1390 J/mol)
b. final temperature (Ans. 385 K)
c. entropy change (23.8 J/mol-K)

Note: May isa pang Thermo Problem, madaming given na data, tatlong magkakaibang case ng entropy
ang tanong (about phase change).

Other Linked Problems:

 Counter-current solvent extraction (trial & error ng options)
 Crystallization (vacuum crystallizer, trial & error ng options)
 Humidification (use psychrometric chart, formulas ng humidity)
 Membrane Separation (may pressure na tinatanong)
 ChE-Cal 2 (combustion of gaseous fuel given ang Orsat Analysis, tinatanong ang H/C ratio, %
excess air, simple lang)
 Pumps (tinatanong ang specific speed, efficiency, diko tanda yung isa; given ang rpm at flow rate
pero di given ang head kaya di makuha sagot)

Other Problems:
Madaming hindi linked na problems pero nakagroup by 3. Mga basic formulas lang ang kelangan.
Example: What is the specific gravity of nitrogen at 80 degree F and 745 mmHg compared to air at 80
degree F and 745 mmHg. (Ans. 28/29)
Meron ding tanong na gagamit ng Van der Waals Equation.

Concepts (30+ items)

Note: Karamihan eh nasa Perry ang mga concepts, matiyaga lang dapat maghanap 
Example:
 Power law model of dilatant fluids (Ans. n > 1, Perry 6-5)
 Velocity profile of turbulent flow in the buffer zone (Ans. u+ = 5.00lny+ - 3.05, Perry 6-11)
 About Doppler Method (Perry 8-60)
 May tanong din about filtration equipment

Day 3 (General Engineering)

Concepts: Simple lang, may isang tanong about sa Chem Eng Law, yung which of the following tasks is
excluded in this law, parang ganun)
Madameng hindi linked problems, mga basic formulas lang gagamitin.

Linked Problems (3 questions each):

 Statics/Dynamics (Friction on Wedges): See Problem 536 mathalino.com
 Strength of Materials (Thermal Stress): See Problem 261 mathalino.com (Tricky yung problem
kasi pinalitan yung isang given temperature ng 0 degree Celsius instead of 0 degree Fahrenheit,
tapos nasa option din yung sagot pag di kinonvert)
 Engineering Economy: May cash flow diagram na given, limang years. Mga tanong eh ano daw
present value ng investment in the first year, present value based on the 5 year cash flow tsaka
profit based sa 5 year cash flow?
 Probability: May given na tabulated data. Bibilangin lang yung required na data tapos divide sa
sample space.
 Break-even Analysis: May given na sobrang habang recipe ng atchara. Given yung quantity at
price ng each ingredient. Tanong eh overhead cost, break-even point, cost ng each bottle?
 Statistics: Use STAT function sa calculator. May given na population data. Questions: rate of
population growth, expected population in a given year assuming exponential growth, what
year magiging double ang population.
 Statics: Equilibrium of Parallel Forces. A beam is hanged in a ceiling using one string, tapos may
mga balls/blocks na nakasabit sa beam. Question eh weight ng additional ball at a given distance
para mabalance yung beam, weight ng additional ball at a given distance pag may tinanggal na
ball. Parang ganyan. Hahah.

Day 1 (Physical and Chemical Principles)

 Walang scientist na natanong :( Madaming problem-solving, parang walang trivia questions.
 Balancing/Predicting products of Chemical Equations and Nuclear Reactions (madaming typo)
 RedOx Reactions
 Is it possible to have a pH of 0?
 Concepts about Michaelis-Menten (2 times naulit, nasa Perry)
 Relationship of Ka and pKa
 Naming of organic compounds (may maling double bonds at branches, answerable naman)
 Chemical formula of aspirin (nasa perry)
 Radioactivity problem na mahirap intindihin. Hahah. ang tanong eh half life at k value. So kahit
trial and error lang gawin. half life=ln2/k
 Madaming problems sa Envi, pero hindi about sa mga BOD, COD, etc. Puro about sa sizing ng
mga settling tanks, etc.
 Merun ding lumabas na hinahanap ang pH pero walang given na Ka.
 Madaming basic AnaChem questions. Example: computation ng molarity given mass ng solute at
volume ng solution.
 What element has the symbol Tb? Terbium (bonus question ata to. Hahah)
 Determination of empirical and molecular formula
 Most stable isotope of Boron. Boron-10
 Most penetrating radiation. Gamma
 Computations using ideal gas equation and different gas laws.
 Carnot Efficiency

-ZeroFour