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KKPK 1133 Chemical Engineering Principles I Tutorial #3 Sem 1 2023/2024

The document contains four chemistry and chemical engineering problems involving reaction stoichiometry, limiting reactants, degree of freedom analysis, and batch reactor equilibrium calculations.

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KKPK 1133 Chemical Engineering Principles I Tutorial #3 Sem 1 2023/2024

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KKPK 1133

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES I


Tutorial #3
Sem 1
2023/2024

1. Acrylonitrile is produced by the reaction of propylene, ammonia, and oxygen. The feed
contains 10 mole% propylene, 12% ammonia, and 78% air. A fractional conversion of 30%
of the limiting reactant is achieved.

a. Write down and balance the stoichiometric equation for this reaction.
b. Determine which reactant is limiting.
c. What are the percentages by which each of the other reactants is in excess.
d. Calculate the molar flow rates of all product gas constituents for a 30% conversion
of the limiting reactant, taking 100 mol of feed as a basis.

2. The reaction between ethylene and hydrogen bromide to form ethyl bromide is carried out
in a continuous reactor. The product stream is analyzed and found to contain 51.7 mole%
C2H5Br and 17.3% HBr. The feed to the reactor contains only ethylene and hydrogen
bromide.

a. Write down and balance the stoichiometric equation for this reaction.
b. Draw and label a process flow diagram of the process.
c. Perform the degree of freedom.
d. Calculate the fractional conversion of the limiting reactant and the percentage by
which the other reactant is in excess. If the molar flow rate of the feed stream is
165 mol/h, what is the extent of reaction?

3. A gas phase reaction between methanol an acetic acid to produce methyl acetate and
water is given by:

CH3OH + CH3COOH ↔ CH3COOCH3 + H2O

The reaction occurs in a batch reactor.


a. Draw and label the process flow diagram.
b. Analyze the degree of freedom.
c. If the reaction has reached equilibrium and the coefficient of equilibrium is 4.87, show
the equilibrium composition equation.
d. If the feed to the reactor containing equimolar methanol and acetic acid only, determine
the equilibrium conversion of HCl.
e. Seventy moles of methyl acetate is to be produced from 80 moles of acetic acid feed.
If the reaction achieves equilibrium, how much methanol is required? What is the
composition of the final product?

4. The growth of S. cerevisiae on glucose at anaerobic conditions in a batch bioreactor is given


by

C6H12O6 + 0.112NH3 → 0.59CH1.74N0.2O0.45 + 0.43C3H8O3 + 0.036H2O


+ 1.3C2H5OH + 1.54CO2

The growth occurs in a batch bioreactor with a volume of 104 L.


a. Draw and label the process flow diagram of the process.
b. Determine the degrees of freedom of the problem.
c. If the feed does not have any biomass the final biomass concentration produced is
60 g L-1. Determine the concentration of glucose and ammonium sulfate in the feed
if all the glucose and ammonium sulfate are used up.
d. Calculate the concentration C3H8O3, C2H5OH and CO2 product.

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