ChE 354 S14 Homework Set #1: Due 1/22/14 (HW collected at start o class!

! 1) A closed oil recovery tank in your operation has a pressurized nitrogen layer on the top with an unknown pressure Pg. This is followed by a 3 m deep layer of oil with an s.g. !."". There is a water layer with s.g. 1.!! under the oil. A #g filled manometer that has one leg open to the atmosphere $assume normal 1 atm unless otherwise directed% is attached to the tank at a point in the water layer. &rom the top of the oil to the water'#g interface in the manometer is 3.( m. )n the other leg of the manometer *#g'open air) the #g is at an elevation !.3 m higher than the other leg. +hat is the gauge pressure of the gas, Pg, in kPa- *.ketch the system noting the relevant data as an aid in solving the problem.) $ The s.g. of #g can be found in the e/ample manometer problem of 0h 1. 2earn to use your te/t as a data source including the appendices in back.% 1) An oil pipeline was constructed to transport oil *s.g. !."!) for 1! miles over a portion of the 0oast 3ange in 0alifornia. The path of the pipeline can be considered as straight runs mi/ed with 1! rises of 1!! ft followed by 1! descents of 1!! ft over hills. +hen completed the pipeline was tested with water *s.g. 1.!!) and it flowed in a satisfactory manner at a low flow rate and starting inlet pressure of 14! psig. Then oil was slowly introduced to the inlet end of the pipe. As the oil flowed the pressure at the inlet began to rise and the flow rate fell. &inally, the flow stopped all together as the pump could not provide enough pressure. The outlet of the pipe remained open. There was no problem with the pump at the inlet. 5ou are the engineer asked to investigate this problem. +hat is a likely e/planation3) )ne of the tallest buildings in the world is the Petronas Twin Towers in 6uala 2umpur at 17"3 ft. 8f the pressure at a drinking fountain on the top floor *say 174! ft) is 14 psig, what is the re9uired pressure in the supply line at street level *assuming no flow)- +hat is a potential problem- +hat could you do about it7) An open'ended cylinder or can 1 ft long is originally full of air *1 atm assumed) at :! deg&. The can is slowly lowered into :! deg& water, open end down until the bottom of the can is at a depth of 1! feet. Assume the water is at :! deg&, the air in the can remains at :! deg&., and air is an ideal gas *the kind of assumptions you will be asked to make yourself in later problems). #ow high will the water rise in the can *in feet because of the units given)- $This is a problem to demonstrate not only hydrostatic balances but how easy the ;difficult< solutions are in this course. There is an analytical solution if you want to keep up with the messy factors involved. 8t is straightforward in =>0=2 .olver and one can do a manual trial ? error solution. 8 don<t normally use T?= solution problems on e/ams, e/cept possibly ones that can be solved with one simple, thoughtful iteration.%