CHE60103 Stoichiometry & Processes Application

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CHE60103 Stoichiometry & Processes Application

Tutorial 2
1. Using dimensional equations, convert
(a) 3 week to miliseconds
(b) 38.1 ft/s to miles/h
(c) 554 m4/ (day.kg) to cm4/(min.g)
(d) 35 F to C
(e) 109 C to K
(f) 760 miles/h to m/s
(g) 921 kg/m3 to lbm/ft3
(h) 5.37x103 kJ/min to hp.
(i) The weight in lbf of a 25.0-lbm object
(j) The mass in kg of an object that weights 25 newtons
(k) The weight in dynes of a 10-ton object (not metric tons)
2. Estimate the required cylinder volume for 500 lbm of nitrogen at 25C temperature and pressure such that
the gas density is 11.5kg/m3.
3. An oil pipelines across Alaska is 4.5 ft in diameter and 800 miles long. How many barrels of oil are required
to fill the pipeline?
4. The specific gravity of gasoline is approximately 0.70.
(a) Determine the mass (kg) of 50.0 liters of gasoline
(b) The mass flow rate of gasoline exiting a refinery tanks is 1150 kg/min. Estimate the volumetric flow rate
in liters/s.
(c) Gasoline and kerosene (specific gravity = 0.82) are blended to obtain a mixture with the specific gravity
of 0.78. Calculate the volumetric ratio (volume of gasoline/volume of kerosene) of the two compounds
in the mixture, assuming V blend =V gasoline +V kerosene . (Assume that the volume kerosene is 1cm3)
5. Assume the price of gasoline in France is approximately 5 French francs per liter and the exchange rate is
5.22 francs per US dollar. How much would you pay, in dollars, for 50.0kg of gasoline in France, assuming
gasoline has a specific gravity of 0.70. What would the same quantity of gasoline cost in the United States
at a rate of $1.20 per gallon?

H 2 SO 4 has a specific gravity of 1.2563. A quantity

of the 35% solution is needed that contains 195.5 kg of H 2 SO 4 .

6. At 25C, an aqueous solution containing 35.0 wt%

(a) Calculate the required volume (L) of the solution using the given specific gravity
(b) Estimate the percentage error that would have resulted if pure component specific gravities of
H 2 SO 4 (SG = 1.8255) and water had been used for the calculation instead of the given specific
gravity of the mixture

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7. Liquid toluene is flowing through a pipe at a rate of 175 m3/h.
(a) What is the mass flow rate of this steam in kg/min
(b) What is the molar flow rate in mol/s?
8. A mixture of methanol and methyl acetate contains 15.0 wt% methanol.
(a) Using a single dimension equation, determine the g-moles of methanol in 200.0 kg of the mixture
(b) The flow rate of methyl acetate in the mixture is to be 100.0 lb-mole/h. what must the mixture flow rate
in lbm/h?
9. A mixture is 10.0 mole % ethyl alcohol, 75.0 mole% ethyl acetate (C 4H8O2) and 15.0 mole% acetic acid.
Calculate the mass fractions of each compound. What is the average molecular weight of the mixture? What
would be the mass (kg) of sample containing 25.0 kmol of ethyl acetate?
10. A suspension of calcium carbonate particles in water flows through a pipe. Your assignment is to determine
both the flow rate and the composition of this slurry. You proceed to collect the stream in a graduated
cylinder for 1.00 min; you then weigh the cylinder, evaporate the collected water, and reweigh the cylinder.
The following results are obtained:
Mass of empty cylinder: 65.0 gram
Mass of cylinder + collected slurry: 565 g
Volume collected: 455 ml
Mass of cylinder after evaporation: 215 g
Calculate
(a) The volumetric flow rate and mass flow rate of the suspension
(b) The density of the suspension
(c) The mass fraction of CaCO3 in the suspension
11. A gaseous mixture of CO, CO2, CH4, and N2 is analyzed with a gas chromatography. The output appears on
a strip-chart recorder, as shown here.

For each of the three species, the area under the peak is approximately proportional to the number of moles
of the indicated substances in the sample. From other information, it is known that the molar ratio of
methane (CH4) to nitrogen is 0.200.
(a) What are the mole fractions of the four species in the gas?
(b) What is the average molecular weight of the gas?

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12. Biomass combustion burning of forests, glasslands, agricultural wastes, and other biological matter is
recognized as a serious threat to the environment. The table below shows the distribution of carboncontaining compounds released to the atmosphere worldwide from all combustion sources as well as the
portion coming from biomass burning.
Compound
CO2
CO
CH4

Metric Tons C, all sources

8700
1100
380

Metric Tons C, % from biomass

40
26
10

The numbers in the middle column reflect annual quantities of carbon released to the atmosphere in the
indicated compound: for example, 8700 metric tons of carbon (8.7 x 106 kg C) was released in carbon
dioxide. Determine the combined annual release (in metric tons) of all three species resulting from
biomass combustion and the average molecular weight of the combined gases