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This document contains 4 homework problems related to principles of chemical engineering: 1) Determining the required volume of a 40% ethanol mixture to blend with a 75% ethanol mixture to produce 60% ethanol. 2) Calculating mass fractions, flowcharts, and feed ratios for mixing two sulphuric acid solutions to form a 4M solution. 3) Determining the sale price of a paint mixture containing 17% pigment to yield a 10% profit. 4) Calculating water fractions and vaporization ratios for wet sugar fed through an evaporator, and additional drying/revenue calculations.

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Homework - 1

This document contains 4 homework problems related to principles of chemical engineering: 1) Determining the required volume of a 40% ethanol mixture to blend with a 75% ethanol mixture to produce 60% ethanol. 2) Calculating mass fractions, flowcharts, and feed ratios for mixing two sulphuric acid solutions to form a 4M solution. 3) Determining the sale price of a paint mixture containing 17% pigment to yield a 10% profit. 4) Calculating water fractions and vaporization ratios for wet sugar fed through an evaporator, and additional drying/revenue calculations.

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CDB 1064 Principles of Chemical Engineering

Homework Problems -1

1. Three hundreds kilograms of a mixture containing 75.0wt% ethanol and 25%


water (mixture S.G. = 0.877) and a quantity of a 40.0 wt% ethanol-60%
water mixture (S.G. 0.952) are blended to produce a mixture containing
60.0wt% ethanol. The objective of this problem is to determine V 40, the
required volume of the 40% mixture.
a) Draw and label a flowchart of the mixing volume of the 40% mixture.
b) Calculate V40

2. Two aqueous sulphuric acid solutions containing 20.0 wt% H 2SO4 (SG 1.139)
and 60.0 wt% H2SO4 (SG=1.498) are mixed to form a 4.00 molar solution
(SG=1.213).
a) Calculate the mass fraction of sulphuric acid in the product solution.
b) draw and label a flowchart of this process, labelling both masses and
volumes, Calculate the feed ratio (litres 20% solution/litres 60%
solution).
c) What feed rate of the 60% solution (L/h) would be required to produce
1250 kg/h of the product?

3. A paint mixture containing 25.0 wt% of a pigment and the balance water sells
for RM 18.00/kg, and a mixture containing 12.0 wt% pigment sells for RM
10.00/kg. If a paint retailer produces a blend containing 17 wt% pigment, how
much (RM/kg) should it be sold to yield a 10% profit?

4. Wet sugar that contains one-fifth water by mass is conveyed through an


evaporator in which 85 wt% of the entering water is vaporized.
a) Taking the basis of 100 kg/ feed, calculate (i) x w, the mass fraction of
water in the wet sugar leaving the evaporator, and (ii) the ratio (kg H 2O
vaporized/ kg wet sugar leaving the evaporator).
b) If 1000 tons/day of wet sugar is fed to the evaporator, how much
additional water must be removed from the outlet sugar to dry it
completely, and what annual revenue can be expected if dry sugar sells
for RM 0.15/lbm?

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