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This document provides instructions for a chemical engineering exam involving two multi-part chemistry problems. Students are not allowed to use additional materials beyond what is provided and any form of cheating will result in failure of the exam. The first problem involves calculating material balances for a blast furnace producing pig iron. The second problem involves calculating rates and material balances for a sulfur burning and absorption process.

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CHE 322N/NL Chemical Calculations 2 Long Exam 3 February 23 to 27, 2017

Name:_____________________________ Course and Year:____________________________

General Instructions: Answer the following questions and/or word problems in the answer sheet(s) provided. No
additional sheets of paper should be used. Please show your complete solution to each question and/or word
problem and box your final answer(s). Only this examination paper, pen(s) and your own calculator should be found
on your desk, other things should be put away. Borrowing of calculator is not allowed. Any form of cheating will not
be tolerated. Students caught talking or cheating during the exam will not be allowed to continue the exam and will
be given a grade of 5.0.

Problem 1 [CO1]: A blast furnace is charged with 212.7 kg of ore, 110.0 kg of charcoal (HHV = 7035
kcal/kg), and 13.9 kg of flux per 100 kg of pig iron produced. The compositions of these materials are as
follows:
ORE 212.7 kg Charcoal 110.0 kg Flux 13.9 kg Pig Iron 100.0 kg Furnace Gas
Components %w/w Components %w/w Components %w/w Components %w/w Components %v/v
Fe2O3 54.93 C 86.89 SiO2 78.38 C 3.12 CO2 12.62
FeO 8.48 O 3.15 Al2O3 13.99 Si 1.52 CO 25.56
CaO 9.58 H 0.45 CaO 0.53 Mn 2.22 CH4 0.69
Mn3O4 4.97 N 0.51 Fe2O3 3.90 Fe 93.14 H2 1.34
Al2O3 3.00 H2O 7.00 H2O 3.20 N2 59.79
MgO 1.83 Ash 2.00
SiO2 4.92
H2O 4.48
CO2 7.81

Ore, flux and charcoal are charged to the furnace at an average temperature of 25 °C. The air blast is
dried and enters at a temperature of 300 °C and moisture free. Gases leave the furnace at a temperature
of 173 °C and contains negligible quantities of dust. The slag and pig iron are poured at an average
temperature of 1360 °C. In order to cool the outside of the bosh of the furnace to protect the
refractories from excessive heating, water is circulated in a pipe passing around the circumference of
the bosh. On the basis of 100 kg of pig iron produced, 576 kg of water is circulated through a
temperature rise of 13 °C. With the given above information determine the following:

a. Weight of slag formed


b. Weight of dry blast furnace gas
c. Weight of air supplied
d. Weight of water vapor in the blast-furnace gas
e. Overall material balance summary
f. Heating value of furnace gas
g. Heating value of pig iron, considering that carbon exist as metal carbides.
Problem 2 [CO 1]: Raw sulfur that is 99.4 % pure is burnt in a plant at a rate of 300 kg/h. The gases emerging from
the burner are at a temperature of 300 °C and 760 mmHg, and contain 17.4 % SO2 and 2.7 % O2 when analyzed in
an Orsat apparatus. The gasses are cooled to 30 °C at constant pressure and then allowed to react in an absorber
with slaked lime produced from a limestone, which has the composition of 51.5 % CaO 2.6 % MgO, 43.4 % CO2
and 1.1 % moisture. Eighty percent (80 %) of the sulfur dioxide is converted to bisulfite and all the sulfur trioxide
to sulfates.

The limestone is completely decomposed and practically dry after calcination. Also, the cinder from roasting of
raw sulfur is solely composed of inerts and is relatively small in terms of the amount generated. The conversion
of SO2 to SO3 in the absorber is negligible and that no sulfuric acid was produced.

a. Determine the complete analysis or composition of the burner gas.


b. Determine the rate of heat removal from the burner gas
c. Calculate the rate at which cooling water at 25 °C should be pumped through the cooling system, producing
saturated steam at atmospheric pressure.
d. Calculate the rate of bisulfite liquor that is produced from the absorber.
e. Calculate the consumption rate of the lime fed to the process.
f. Determine the rate at which water was added during slaking of the lime.

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