CHE211 Problem Set 1

CHE 211 BASIC PRINCIPLES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
2021- 2022 Fall Semester

Doç.Dr. Funda TURGUT BAŞOĞLU
Problem Set I
1. Felder , 3 rd ed., 4.6
2. Felder , 3 rd ed., 4.7

3. Felder , 3 rd ed., 4.10
4. Felder , 3 rd ed. 4.12
5. A manufacturer of briquets has a contract to make briquets for barbecuing that are guaranteed to
not contain over 10% moisture or 10% ash. The basic material they use has the analysis: moisture
12.4%, volatile material 16.6%,carbon 57.5%, and ash 13.5%. To meet the specifications ( at their
limits ) they plan to mix with the base material a certain amount of petroleum coke that has the
analysis: volatile material 8.2%, carbon 88.7%, and moisture 3.1%. How much petroleum coke
must be added per 100 lb of the base material?
6. If 100 g of Na 2 SO 4 is dissolved in 200 g of H 2 O and the solution is cooled until 100 g of

Na 2 SO 4 ·10H 2 O crystallizes out, find
a. The composition of the remaining solution ( mother liquor ).
b. The grams of crystals recovered per 100 g of initial solution.
7. The crude oil is fed to a washing unit and in this unit it is mixed with fresh water fed to the
washing unit. Crude oil contains salt and oil. There are two exit streams from washing unit. The
first stream is the oil stream. The oil stream contains 5% salt but not water. The second stream is
“spent wash water” stream. This stream contains 15% salt and the balance water. The mass ratio
of crude oil to fresh water used is 4:1. All compositions are given on mass basis.
a) Draw and label a flowchart to this process
b) Do the degree of freedom analysis. Prove that for an assumed basis of calculation, flow rate
and compositions of all process streams can be calculated from the given information.
c) Calculate flow rate and compositions of all process streams for 100 kg of oil stream taken as
product.
8. Ammonia is a gas for which reliable analytical methods are available to determine its concentration
in other gases. To measure flow in a natural gas pipeline, pure ammonia gas is injected into the
pipeline at a constant rate of 72.3 kg/min for 12 min. Five miles downstream from the injection
point, the steady-state ammonia concentration is found to be 0.382 weight percent. The gas
upstream from the point of ammonia injection contains no measurable ammonia. How many
kilograms of natural gas are flowing through the pipelines per hour?
9. Sludge is wet solids that result from the processing in municipal sewage systems. The sludge has to
be dried before it can be composted or otherwise handled. If a sludge containing 70% water and
30% solids is passed through drier and the resulting product contains 25% water, how much water
is evaporated per ton of sludge sent to the drier?
10. A stream of 5 wt % oleic acid (A) in cottonseed oil (O) enters an extraction unit at a rate of 100
kg/hr. A seperate stream of propane (P) also enters the same unit. Propane is able to dissolve
oleic acid but can not mix with the cottonseed oil. Two streams exit the unit: One stream
contains propane and 90% of the oleic acid that enters the process. The concentration of
oleic acid in this stream is 6.15 wt%. The second stream contains all of the cotton seed oil
along with the remaining oleic acid.
(a) Draw and label the flow chart.. Perform a degree of freedom analysis.
(b) Determine the unknown flow rates.
11.A tank holds 1000 kg of a saturated solution of Na 2 CO 3 at 30 °C. You want to crystallize from
this solution 531 kg of Na 2 CO 3 . 10 H 2 O without any accompanying water. To what temperature
must the solution be cooled? Molecular weights : Na 2 CO 3 :106, H 2 O: 18 The solubility data are
given in the following table.
Temperature(° C ) 0 10 20 30
Solubility,g Na 2 CO 3 /100gH 2 O 7 12.5 21.5 38.8
12. A gas mixture containing CH 4 , C 2 H 6 and N 2 has to be prepared with the use of following three gas
streams. (1) N 2 -CH 4 mixture ( 80 % N 2 and 20 % CH 4 ), (2) A gas mixture of 90 % N 2 and 10
% C 2 H 6 and (3) Pure nitrogen. Mole ratio of CH 4 to C 2 H 6 will be 1.5:1.0 in the final prepared
mixture.
a) Draw a flowchart and label the unknown variables.
b) Do degrees of freedom analysis. For the calculation of flow rates and compositions of all
process streams how many additional data are required ?
13. 100 kg/h of a solution of soda ash (Na 2 CO 3 ) in water, ( 30% Na 2 CO 3 ) is cooled slowly to 20 0C.
The crystals formed are decahydrate, Na 2 CO 3 .10 H 2 O. The solubility of the Na 2 CO 3
at 20 0C is 21.5 kg of Na 2 CO 3 per 100 kg of water. During cooling %3 of water in the soda
ash solution is lost by evaporation. Na 2 CO 3 :106 , Na 2 CO 3 .10 H 2 O: 286
(a) Draw the flow chart of the process , do the degrees of freedom analysis.
(b) Calculate the weight of the cystals formed .

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CHE 211 BASIC PRINCIPLES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

2021- 2022 Fall Semester

1. Felder , 3 rd ed., 4.6

2. Felder , 3 rd ed., 4.7

4. Felder , 3 rd ed. 4.12

6. If 100 g of Na 2 SO 4 is dissolved in 200 g of H 2 O and the solution is cooled until 100 g of

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