3 SEM/ Chemical Engineering / 2020 (W) NEW Th4 Industrial Stoichiometry

3RD SEM/ Chemical Engineering / 2020(W) NEW
Th4 Industrial Stoichiometry

Full Marks: 80 Time- 3 Hrs
Answer any five Questions including Q No.1& 2
Figures in the right hand margin indicates marks
1. Answer All questions 2 x 10
a. Convert 12500 l/s into m3/s.
b. Write down the basis of calculation for the following problems.
(a) How many grams of carbon are present in 264 g of CO2?
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(b) What is the weight fraction of oxygen if air mixture contains 50% nitrogen
and 50 % oxygen by weight?
c. Define limiting agent with an example.
d. Define Raoult's law and write its formula.
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e. Define Amagat's Law and write its formula.
f. Write component balance and overall material balance equations for drying.
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g. Define principle of atom conservation.
h. Write down the formulas for conversion and yield.
i. Define recycle and write down the formula for recycle ratio.
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j. Write down the formula for gram atom and gram mole.
2. Answer Any Six Questions 6x5
a. Calculate the molecular weight of NaHCO3, CaCl2,FeSO4,NH4Cl, H2SO4
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b. An aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide is prepared by dissolving 25 kg of

sodium hydroxide in 100 kg of water.
Determine (a) Weight % composition of solution
(b) Mole % composition of solution.
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c. Derive the relationship between partial pressure and total pressure.

d. It is desired to have a mixed acid containing 40% HNO3, 43% H2SO4 and 17% H2O
by weight. Sulphuric acid of 98 % by weight is readily available.
Calculate (a) Strength of nitric acid
(b) Weight ratio of sulphuric acid to nitric acid
e. A solution containing 55% benzene(C6H6), 28% toluene(C6H5CH3), 17% xylene(
C6H4(CH3)2 by weight is in contact with its vapour at 373 K. Calculate the total
pressure and molar composition of the liquid and vapour.
Data: Vapour pressure data at 373 K
Benzene = 178.60 kPa, Toulene= 74.60 kPa, Xylene=28 kPa
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f. Calculate the following for the reaction:
C2H4 +2Cl2 C2HCl3 + H2 +HCl
(a) The stoichiometric ratio of Cl2 to C2H4.
(b) If 4 kmol Cl2 are used per kmol C2H4, find percent excess Cl2.
(c) The amount of HCl produced from 50 kg of C2H4 assuming reaction goes to
completion.
g An evaporator system concentrating a weak liquor from 5% to 50% solids
handles 100 kg of solids per hour. If the same system is to concentrate a weak
liquor from 4% to 35%, find the capacity of the system in terms of solids that can
be handled per hour assuming water evaporation capacity to be same in both
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the cases.
3 Write down the overall material balance, solute balance and solvent balance 10
equations for extraction, distillation, evaporation, mixing with block diagram.
4 I. A gas mixture contain 0.274 kmol of HCl, 0.337 kmol of N2, 0.089 kmol of O2. 6
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Calculate
(a) Average molecular weight of gas
(b) Density of gas mixture at 405.3 kPa and 303 K.
(c) Partial pressure of each component
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II. Derive the relationship between density and average molecular weight of the 4
gas mixture.
5 I. Methane gas is heated from 303 K to 523 K at atmospheric pressure. Calculate 5
the heat added per kmol methane using data given below.
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2 3
Data: = a +bT+cT +dT , kJ/(kmol.K)
Gas a b × 103 c × 106 d × 109
Methane 19.2494 52.1135 11.973 -11.3173
II. State and explain Hess’s law of constant heat summation. 5
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6 I. Write down the formula for weight percent, volume percent, mole percent, 5
mole fraction and weight fraction.
II. A mixture of methane and ethane is prepared by adding 100 kg of ethane in 400 5
kg of methane.
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Determine (a) Weight % of the mixture (b) Mole % of the mixture.

7 I. A compound having molecular weight 60 has the following percentages of the 5
elements: C= 20%, O2= 26.66%, N2= 46.66% and rest is hydrogen. Find out the
empirical formula of the compound and probable name of the compound.
II. In the manufacturing reaction of ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen 5
N2+ 3H22NH3
Find out the limiting agent for the given conditions.
1.Feed mixture has a composition of Nitrogen=60 kmol, Hydrogen= 200 kmol
2.Product mixture has a composition of Nitrogen=10 kmol, Hydrogen= 20 kmol
and ammonia= 20 kmol

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b. An aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide is prepared by dissolving 25 kg of

c. Derive the relationship between partial pressure and total pressure.

Determine (a) Weight % of the mixture (b) Mole % of the mixture.

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