CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT A. 1.56 B. 124.

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CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS 1 C. 17.03 D. 3.6023
PRELIM EXAM
4. The heat capacity of sulphuric acid in Btu/(lb-
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for mol-°R) is given by CP = 23.06 + 2.071x10–2T
each of the following questions by marking the where T is in °R. What is the equivalent
circle corresponding to the letter of your choice expression if heat capacity is given in
on the sheet provided. STRICTLY NO kcal/(kmol-°C) and temperature in °C.
ERASURES. Use black ballpen only. A. 96..55 + B. 32.73 +
0.1562T 0.0373T
C. 33.25 + 0.0373T D. 33.25 + 38.90T

LINKED PROBLEMS 5 - 6:
An aqueous solution of a valuable chemical
(molecular weight = 180) leaves the reactor at a
rate of 60x10–3 m3/h. The solution concentration
is 40% (weight) and its specific gravity is 1.05.

5. Determine the concentration of the solution

in kg/m3.
A. 1050 kg/m3 B. 2625 kg/m3
C. 420 kg/m3 D. 630 kg/m3

6. Determine the average molecular weight of

the solution.
E. 82.83 kg/kmol F. 28.20 kg/kmol
G. 115.22 kg/kmol H. 180 kg/kmol

7. Determine the flow rate in kmol/h.

A. 2.23 kmol/h B. 0.14 kmol/h
C. 1.90 kmol/h D. -0.736 kmol/h

8. An analysis of sea water showed 2.8% NaCl,

1. Mass flow rate is the product of volumetric 0.5% MgCl2 and 0.0085% NaBr by weight.
flow rate and density. If the volumetric flow The average specific gravity of the water is
rate of a liquid of specific gravity 0.78 is 100 1.03. What mass of magnesium, sodium and
ft3 /min, find the flow rate in kg/s. chlorine can be obtained from 100 m 3 of sea
A. 36.82 kg/s B. 0.1787 kg/s water?
C. 47.22 kg/s D. 0.2291 kg/s A. 2884kg Mg, B. 2884kg Mg,
515kg Na & 8.755kg Na &
2. Stefan–Boltzmann law states that the 8.755kg Cl2 515kg Cl2
emissive power is proportional to the fourth C. 131.53kg Mg, D. 2132.67kg Mg,
power of absolute temperature. Stated 1136.78kg Na 1136.78kg Na &
mathematically, Eb = σT4 where Eb is the & 2132.67kg 131.53kg Cl2
emissive power in Btu/(ft2 - h), σ is the Stefan- Cl2
Boltzmann constant, and T is the
temperature in °R. What is the value of σ in LINKED PROBLEMS 9 - 11: (3.30)
W/(m2 -K4), if its value in FPS units is 0.171 x 100 litres each of gasoline (55°API), kerosene
10–8 Btu/(ft2 -h-°R4)? (40°API), gas oil (31°API), and isopentane
A. 5.394x10-9 B. 9.709x10-9 (96°API ) are mixed. The density of water at
C. 5.663x10-8 D. 1.727x10-8 288.5 K = 0.999 g/mL.

3. The van der Waals equation of state is given 9. Determine the density of the mixture in kg/m 3.
A. 1230.31 kg/m3 B. 768.94 kg/m3
C. 12.30 kg/m3 D. 307.56 kg/m3
as where a and b are
known as the van der Waals constants. For 10. What is the specific gravity in °API?
CO2 the constants are found to be a = 0.365 A. 9.69 API B. 10.5 API
N-m4/mol2 and b = 4.28x10–5 m3/mol. If the C. 11.32 API D. 52.52 API
pressure is given is given in atm and the
molar volume in L/mol, what are the values 11. Express the composition 55 API gasoline in
of the constants?
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 weight percent. is same as the mole ratio of water vapour to
A. 26.82% B. 28.30% dry air.
C. 24.66% D. 20.22% A. 0.0319 B. 0.244
C. 0.586 D. 0.0179
LINKED PROBLEMS 12 - 15:
A liquid mixture contains three components A 20. The concentration of SO2 in the flue gases
(MW = 72), B (MW = 58) and C (MW = 56) in from a boiler is found to be 0.2 kg/m3 at
which A and B are present in the mole ratio STP. Determine the concentration of SO 2 in
1.5:1 and the weight percent of B is 25%. The parts per million by volume at STP. Assume
specific gravities of the pure liquids are 0.67, that the gases are perfect.
0.60 and 0.58 respectively, for A, B and C and A. 60x103 ppm B. 80x103 ppm
there is no volume change on mixing. C. 70x103 ppm D. 90x103 ppm
12. Calculate the composition by mole. PART II. Solve each problem by providing a
A. 43%, 31.8% B, B. 40.78% A, 27.18% detailed solution including any assumptions
25.2% C B, 32.04% C
made. Box your final answer. WARNING: Write
C. 15.9% A, 24.7% D. 12.0% A, legibly.
B, 59.4% C 35.68% B,
52.32% C LINKED PROBLEMS 21 - 22:
Two tanks which are connected to each other is
13. Calculate the molecular weight of the initially sealed off from one another by means of
mixture. a valve. Tank I initially contains 1 m3 of air at
A. 63.07 B. 40.6 600 kPa and 70°C. Tank II contains a mixture of
C. 72.4 D. 54.4 oxygen and nitrogen containing 95% (mole)
nitrogen at 1200 kPa and 90°C. The valve is
14. Calculate the volume percent of C on a B - now opened and the contents of the tanks are
free basis. allowed to mix. After complete mixing, the tanks
A. 29.6% B. 35.23% contained 85% (mole) nitrogen. Calculate the
C. 41.38% D. 74.80% volume of tank II.
LINKED PROBLEMS 23 - 24:
15. Calculate the specific gravity of the mixture. Using an incorrect value of 16 for the molecular
A. 0.6242 B. 0.0223 weight of oxygen, the average molecular weight
C. 0.3758 D. none of these of a gas mixture containing oxygen was found to
be 23.2. What will be the volume percent of
oxygen in the mixture if the correct value of the
LINKED PROBLEMS 15 - 16:
average molecular weight is 29.6?
It is desired to prepare a 40% solution of NaCl in
water at 300 K. LINKED PROBLEMS 25 - 26:
The liquid effluent from a processing plant
16. How many kg of anhydrous sodium chloride
having a BOD of 0.15 g/L is discharged at a rate
should be added to 0.05 cubic metres of pure
of 4000 cubic metres per day into a stream
water having a density of 0.998 g/mL at 300
flowing at a rate of 0.3 cubic metres per second
K?
and having an initial BOD of 5 x10–3 g/L.
A. 49.9 kg B. 59.88 kg
Determine the BOD in the stream immediately
C. 19.96 kg D. 33.27 kg
below the discharge point?
17. If the salt contains 10% water, how many kg LINKED PROBLEMS 27 - 28:
of salt is required? One hundred kilograms of a dilute waste acid
A. 19.57 kg B. 2.34 kg containing 30.0% sulphuric acid is to be fortified
C. 36.96 kg D. 11.06 kg to 50.0% sulphuric acid using concentrated
sulphuric acid of strength 96.0%. How many
LINKED PROBLEMS 18 - 20: kilograms of concentrated sulphuric acid are
Absolute humidity of air is 0.02 kg water required for this process?
vapour/kg dry air. Assume the average
molecular weight of air to be 29. LINKED PROBLEMS 29 - 30:

18. Calculate the mole percent of water vapour A company has drawn a contract for the
in the air purchase of paper at a price of Rs. 10 per kg of
E. 1.42% F. 2.40% paper containing 5% moisture by weight and to
G. 3.09% H. 11.6 % adjust the price if the moisture content varies, so
that the price of bone dry paper is constant. Also
if the moisture content exceeds 5%, the
19. Calculate the molal absolute humidity, which
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additional freight charge incurred due to the
excess moisture will be deducted from the total
cost. The fright charge is Rs. 2 per kg of paper.
Calculate the following:
(a) The total amount to be paid for 10000 kg of
paper containing 3% moisture
(b) The total amount to be paid for 8000 kg of
paper containing 9% moisture.

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