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SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
(Established under section 3 of UGC Act,1956)

Course & Branch :B.Tech - CHEM

Title of the Paper :Chemical Process Calculations
Sub. Code :SCHX1004 (2010)
Date :04/05/2012

Max. Marks:80
Time : 3 Hours
Session :AN

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1.

PART - A
(10 x 2 = 20)
Answer ALL the Questions
Define specific volume and specific gravity.

2.

Calculate the volume in cubic metres occupied by 14 kg of

nitrogen at a pressure of 720 mm Hg and 20C.

3.

Determine the weight of water removed while drying 1000 kg of

wet cake from 56% to 7%

4.

The N2 content of an urea sample is 45%. Calculate the

percentage purity of urea in the sample.

5.

What is wet bulb Temperature?

6.

What is the relation between relative humidity and percentage

humidity?

7.

What do you understand by exothermic and endothermic

reactions? Give one example in each

8.

Define heat of absorption.

9.

DefineHeat of condensation.

10. What is Flame temperature?

PART B
Answer All the Questions

(5 x 12 = 60)

11. A liquid mixture containing 40% of benzene and 60% by weight

of toluene is in equilibrium with vapour at 20C. Calculate the
Total pressure and Molar composition of liquid and vapour phase
at equilibrium.
Data: Vapor pressure of benzene at 20C = 75 mm Hg.
Vapor pressure of toluene at 20C = 22.3 mm Hg.

(or)
12. A gaseous mixture contains 1 kg of helium, 5 kg of ammonia and
10 kg of nitrogen at 344.1 K and 2 atm absolute pressure.
Calculate:
(a) the composition in mole percent
(b) the partial pressure of each component
(c) the molal density of the mixture, and
(d) The average molecular weight.
13. 8000 kg of an aqueous solution containing 25 percent (by weight)
of anhydrous sodium sulfate are fed to a crystallizer. The solution
is cooled and 15% of the initial water is lost by evaporation.
Na2SO4.10H2O crystallizes out. If the mother liquor (solution
after crystallization) contains 18.3% (by weight) of anhydrous
Na2SO4, calculate the weight of mother liquor and crystals
obtained
(or)
14. In the deacon process for the manufacturing of chlorine, a dry
mixture of hydrochloric cid acid gas and air is passed over a
heated catalyst which promotes oxidation of the acid. The
reaction is 4Hcl +O2 -----------> 2Cl2 + 2H2O. Air is used in 30%
excess of that theoretically required. Calculate.
(a) The weight of air supplied per kg of acid.

(b) The composition of the weight of the gas entering the reaction
chamber.
15. An air H2O vapour sample has a dry bulb temperature of 62C
0.030

kgH 2O
kg dry air

and an absolute humidity of

at 1 atm pressure.
Using the humidity chart, calculate the following:
(a) Percentage humidity
(b) Molal humidity
(c) Partial pressure of water vapour in the sample
(d) Relative humidity assuming the vapour pressure of H 2O at
62C = 0.1727 atm
(e) Dew point
(f) Humid volume and
(g) Humid heat
(or)
16. The dry bulb temperature of the air is found to be 30 & 25 C
respectively. Find out Humidity, humid heat, %moisture of air
17. A power plant burns coal having the following composition of C
65%, S 15% ash 10.5% rest moisture and combustible hydrogen.
The stack gas analysis shows that 8.5% mole% of CO2 and SO2,
1.6 mole% of CO, 7.5 mole% O2 and rest N2. Ash contains 2%
unburnt carbon but on sulphur. Calculate a) Fuel to air weight
ratio, b) % Excess air used c) Combustion of H2 and moisture %
in coal, d) Kg of flue gas per kg of coal burnt, e) Kg of ash
produced per kg of coal burnt.
(or)
18. In the Deacon process for manufacturing chlorine, hydrochloric
acid gas is oxidized with air. The reaction taking place is 4HCl
+ O2 2Cl2 + 2H2O If the air is used in excess of 30% of that
theoretically required, and if the oxidation is 80% complete,
calculate the composition by volume of dry gases leaving the
reaction chamber.

19. Calculate the theoretical flame temperatre of a gaseous fuel

containing 20% CO, and 80% N2 when burnt with 100% excess
air, both air and gas initially being at 25 oC. Heat of combustion
of carbon monoxide = 67636 kcal/kmol.
Data: Specific heats of products of combustion in kcal/(kmol. oK)
Carbon dioxide: Cp = 6.339 + 10.14 x 10-3T
Oxygen:
Cp
=
6.117
+
3.167
x
10-3T
Nitrogen:
Cp
=
6.457
+
1.389
x
10-3T
where T = temperature in Kelvin
(or)
20. A natural gas has the following composition on mole basis:
CH4 = 84%, C2H6 = 13%, and N2 = 3% Calculate the heat to be
added to heat 10 kmol of natural gas from 298 K (25 C) to 523 K
(250C) using heat capacity data given below:
Cp = a + bT + cT2 + dT3, kJ/ (kmole K)
Gas
a
b x 103
c x 106
d x 109
CH4

19.2494

52.1135

11.973

-11.3173

C2H6

5.4129

178.0872

-67.3749

8.7147

N2

29.5909

-5.141

13.1829

-4.9628