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The document contains 6 multi-part chemistry and chemical engineering questions regarding topics such as gas diffusivity, acid mixture calculations, ethylene oxide production, psychrometrics, natural gas combustion, nitric oxide formation, and standard heat of reaction.

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National Institute of Technology llamirpur


Roll No.

Department of Chemical Engineering


Subject: CH 213 - Chemical Process Calculations
End Semester Examination, November 2023
Branch: Chemical Engineering
Class: B. Tech. I Semester: III I Full Marks: 50 Time: 3 hours

Instructions:
• Answer all the questions. All parts (a, b, c) of any question must be answered in continuation.
• C lculator is allowed but exchange the same with others is not allowed.
• P ychrometric chart provided with the question paper is to be submitted with answer sheet.
• M ssing data may suitably be assumed, if any.

1. a) The diffusivity of a gas pair A-B is given by the following equation. What is the (2)
unit and dimension of C?
1 + 1 )1/2
CT3./2 ( - --
MA MB
DAB = p 0-2 n
Where, MA and MB are the molecular weights of A and B in g/gmol,
respectively, DAB is in m2 / s, T in K, P in Pa, a in nanometer, and S2 is
dimensionless.

b) 1000 kg of mixed acid having composition 40% H2SO4, 45% HNO3, and 15% (6)
H2O is to be produced by strengthening waste acid of composition 30%
H2SO4, 36% HNO3 and 34% H2O. Concentrated H2SO4 (containing 95% H2SO4
in water) and Concentrated HNO3 (containing 80% HNO3 in water) are
available for this purpose. Calculate the amount of waste acid, concentrated
H2SO4, and concentrated HNO3 are to be mixed. All the compositions are in
mass fractions.

2. Ethylene oxide is produced by partial oxidation of ethylene with excess air over (10)
silver catalyst via following reaction.
2C2H4 + 02 2C2H40
Some of the ethylene also undergoes complete oxidation as follows.
C2H4 + 302 --> 2CO2 + 2H20
Feed containing 20% (mol%) ethylene in air is fed to the reactor and 25%
conversion of ethylene is achieved. The product stream contains 2.02% of C2H40.
a) Perform degree of freedom analysis.
b) Calculate the reactor outlet composition using species balance method.

3 a) Humid air at dry bulb temperature of 28°C has a dew point of 8°C. Using the ( 5)
psychrometric chart determine the
i) relative humidity
ii) wet-bulb temperature
specific enthalpy
iv) mass of air that contains 2 kg of water.

b) The analysis of the gas sample is given below (volume basis): CH4 = 66%, CO2 (4)
= 30%, NH3 = 4%.
Calculate:
i) the average molecular weight of the gas.
ii) the density of the gas at 2 atm. and 303 K.
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4. a) A natural gas having 89.4% CH4, 5% C2H6, 1.9% C31-18, 1% C4Hio, 0.7% CO2 (8)
and 2% N2 (all in mol%) is burnt with 10% excess air.
i) Calculate the flue gas composition on dry basis.
ii) Calculate gross calorific value of the natural gas if the net calorific value
is 854 kJ/gmol at 25°C.
Given: latent heat of vaporization of water is 40.8 kJ/ gmol.

5. Nitric oxide can be formed by partial oxidation of NH3 with oxygen present in air (10)
as per following reaction.
4NH3(g) + 502(g) -4 4N0(g) + 6H20(g)
In a given reactor, NH3 fed at 25°C and preheated air at 750°C is reacted at 1
atm. pressure with 90% conversion of NH3. The temperature of the reactor
effluent should not exceed 920°C. A feed of 2.4 mol 02 per 1 mol NH3 is
introduced.
a) From the degree of freedom analysis, identify the nature of the problem.
b) Calculate the required rate of heat removal per 1 mol NH3 fed to the reactor.
c) Calculate the outlet composition.

Data:
Average Cp values:
02 = 12.0 cal/gmol.°C
N2 = 7.0 cal/gmol.°C
NH3 = 11.7 cal/gmol.°C
NO = 7.8 cal/ gmol.°C
H2O = 9.15 cal/gmole.°C

Standard heat of formation:


AH°f (NH 3" 25°C, 1 atm) = -10.92 kcal/gmol
Ali/ (NO, 25°C, 1 atm) = 21.6 kcal/gmol
,A11°f (H2'
0 25°C, 1 atm) = -57.8 kcal/gmol

6. Calculate standard heat of reaction of the following reaction at 25°C. (5)


C5H12(g) + 802(g) -f 5CO2(g) + 6H20(1)
Standard heats of formation of CO2(g), H2O(g), and C5H12(g) are - 393.5, - 241.8,
and -146.4 kJ/gmol, respectively and latent heat of vaporization of water at 25°C
is 43.9 kJ/gmol.

A Lb th& lest

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