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Fogler, H. S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1999, Pg. 454

This document contains answers to problems from a chemical engineering class. It includes: 1) A calculation checking design specifications for a reflux pump against heuristics in a textbook. 2) A calculation checking design specifications for an acid reflux drum against heuristics. 3) A calculation of fractional conversion in a plug flow reactor isomerizing normal butane to isobutane. 4) An estimation of kilograms of steam required per hour for a steam jet vacuum system to maintain 50 mmHg suction pressure.

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Fogler, H. S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1999, Pg. 454

This document contains answers to problems from a chemical engineering class. It includes: 1) A calculation checking design specifications for a reflux pump against heuristics in a textbook. 2) A calculation checking design specifications for an acid reflux drum against heuristics. 3) A calculation of fractional conversion in a plug flow reactor isomerizing normal butane to isobutane. 4) An estimation of kilograms of steam required per hour for a steam jet vacuum system to maintain 50 mmHg suction pressure.

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CHE 441 (Fall 06)

Answers to problem set #5

1. For the accrylic process shown in Figure 1b (Turton et al, Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of
Chemical Processes), check the design specifications for the reflux pump P-305 (shaft power =
1.2 kW, Pout = 3.31 bar) against the heuristics in Table 3.5. You can neglect the frictional loss in
the lines so that the pressure increase across the pump may be estimated to be the static head
between V-302 and top of T-305 (you can use the tower height, 25 m, for the calculation) plus
the pressure drop across the control valve (Table 3.4). Flow of acetic acid (stream 18 + stream
19) is 5650 kg/h. Density of acetic acid at 46oC is 1020 kg/m3.

Ans: Shaft power = 1.23 kW, Pout = 3.26 bar

2. For the accrylic process shown in Figure 1b, check the design specifications for the acid
reflux drum V-302 (D = 1.0 m, L = 2.5 m) against the heuristics in Table 3.2. Flow of acetic
acid (stream 18 + stream 19) is 5650 kg/h. Density of acetic acid at 46oC is 1020 kg/m3.

Ans: D = 0.78 m, L = 1.94 m

3. Normal butane (A), C4H10, is to be isomerized to isobutane (B) in a plug-flow reactor . The1

reaction is to be carried out adiabatically in the liquid phase under high pressure using essentially
trace amount of a liquid catalyst which gives a specific rate constant of 31.1 h -1 at 360oK.
Calculate the fractional conversion of a PFR with a volume of 3.0 m 3 necessary to process 150
kmol/h of a mixture 80 mol % n-butane and 20 mol % i-pentane, which is considered an inert.
The feed enter at 330oK.

k

A kb B


Data: HRx =  6,900 J/mol, Cp,n-B = CpA = 141 J/moloK, Cp,i-B = CpB = 141 J/moloK, Cp,i-P = 161
k
J/moloK, activation energy = 65.7 kJ/mol, CA0 = 9.3 kmol/m3, Keq = k = 3.03 at 333oK.
b

Ans: Fractional conversion = 0.714

4. A two-stage steam jet is to be used on a large vacuum system. It is estimated that 10 kg of air
must be removed from the system each hour. The vapors being removed will contain water
vapor at a pressure equivalent to the equilibrium vapor pressure of water at 15 oC. If a suction
pressure of 50 mmHg absolute is to be maintained by the steam jet, estimate the kilograms of
steam per hour that will be required to operate the jet. Use the following table.

1 Fogler, H. S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1999, pg. 454
Average consumption in kg/h of 775-kPa steam in a steam-jet ejector to provide
Various levels of vacuum

Capacity Wt% net Suction pressure, mmHg absolute


(kg/h) dry air in 12.5 25 37.5 50 75 100 150
gas-vapor gas-vapor 3- 2- 3- 2- 2- 2- 2- 2- 1- 1-
mixture stage stage stage stage stage stage stage stage stage stage
handled
4.5 100 33 45 27 32 26 23 19 17 26 16
4.5 70 27 38 21 27 22 19 16 14 29 17
4.5 40 20 31 15 21 21 15 12 10 31 18
4.5 10 11 20 7 13 13 8 6 5 34 19
Note: the dry air is noncondensibles.

Ans: 56 kg/hr

5. Hydrogen gas at a temperature of 20oC and an absolute pressure of 1380 kPa undergoes
compression to 4140 kPa. If the mechanical efficiency of the compressor is 55 percent on the
basis of an isothermal and reversible operation, determine the kilograms of hydrogen that can be
compressed per second when the power supplied to the compressor is 224 kW. Assume that the
kinetic energy effects can be neglected. Also evaluate the mechanical efficiency of the
compressor on the basis of an adiabatic and reversible operation. Assume that a single-stage
compressor is used and the ratio of Cp/Cv remains constant at 1.4.

Ans: 0.093 kg/s, efficiency = 0.646

6. A centrifugal fan is used to remove stagnant air in a large hangar at a pressure of 100 kPa and
a temperature of 32oC and discharge it externally at a pressure of 103 kpa and a velocity of 40
m/s. Determine the power requirement needed for the removal of 4.7 std m 3/s of air. The
efficiency of the fan can be assumed to be 65 percent.

Ans: 28.4 kW

7. What power input in kW will be required to mix a rubber latex compound with a viscosity of
1.2×105 cP and a density of 1121 kg/m 3 in the same mixer that was used in Example 12-6 (Peters
and Timmerhaus). Would there be any difference in the power requirement if baffles were added
to the mixing tank?

Ans: 3.62 kW, there is no difference in power for Re < 300

8. What power will be required to mix an aqueous solution of 50% NaOH in a baffled tank, 2 m
in diameter? The mixing will be performed in the vertical tank filled to a height of 2 m by a disk
turbine with six flat blades. The turbine is 0.67 m in diameter and positioned 0.67 m above the
bottom of the tank. The turbine blades are 0.134 m wide and turn at 90 r/min. The solution has a
viscosity of 0.012 Pa∙s and a density of 1500 kg/m3.
Ans: 4.3 kW

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