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The document contains tutorial questions related to chemical engineering thermodynamics, focusing on equilibrium reactions and compositions for various chemical processes. It includes calculations for cracking n-butane, reactions involving ethylene and oxygen, ammonia synthesis, and a binary mixture of benzene and toluene. Additionally, it addresses a dehumidification process involving moist air and liquid water removal rates.

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The document contains tutorial questions related to chemical engineering thermodynamics, focusing on equilibrium reactions and compositions for various chemical processes. It includes calculations for cracking n-butane, reactions involving ethylene and oxygen, ammonia synthesis, and a binary mixture of benzene and toluene. Additionally, it addresses a dehumidification process involving moist air and liquid water removal rates.

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 1B

TUTORIAL 3
Question 1
a) An invention provides a process for cracking n-butane over a
hexagonal boron nitride catalyst at 750 K and 1.2 bar to produce
olefins. Only two reactions have favorable equilibrium conversions at
these conditions:

C4H10 → C2H4 + C2H6 (I)


C4H10 → C3H6 + CH4 (II)
If these reactions reach equilibrium, what is the product composition?

The equilibrium constants at 750 K are found to be: K I = 3.856 and KII
= 268.4
b) A system initially containing 2 mol C2H4 and 3 mol O2 undergoes the
reactions:
C2H4 (g) + 12O2 (g) → ⟨ (CH2)2⟩O (g)
C2H4 (g) + 3O2 (g) → 2CO2 (g) + 2H2O ( g )
Develop expressions for the mole fractions of the reacting species as
functions of the reaction coordinates for the two reactions.

Question 2
a) The following reaction reaches equilibrium at 500°C and 2 bar:
4HCl (g) + O2 ( g ) → 2H2O ( g ) + 2Cl2 ( g )
If the system initially contains 5 mol HCl for each mole of oxygen,
what is the composition of the system at equilibrium? Assume ideal
gases.
b) For the ammonia synthesis reaction, 1/2N2 (g) + 2/3H2 → NH3 (g)
the equilibrium conversion to ammonia is large at 300 K, but it
decreases rapidly with increasing T. However, reaction rates
become appreciable only at higher temperatures. For a feed
mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen in the stoichiometric proportions,
(i) What is the equilibrium mole fraction of ammonia at 1 bar and
300 K?
(ii) At what temperature does the equilibrium mole fraction of
ammonia equal 0.50 for a pressure of 1 bar?
(iii) At what temperature does the equilibrium mole fraction of
ammonia equal 0.50 for a pressure of 100 bar, assuming the
equilibrium mixture is an ideal gas?
(iv) At what temperature does the equilibrium mole fraction of
ammonia equal 0.50 for a pressure of 100 bar, assuming the
equilibrium mixture is an ideal solution of gases?

Question 3
a) A binary mixture of benzene (1) and toluene (2) is flashed to 75 kPa
and 90°C. Analysis of the effluent liquid and vapor streams from
the separator yields: x1 = 0.1604 and y1 = 0.2919. An operator
remarks that the product streams are “off-spec,” and you are asked
to diagnose the problem.
(i) Verify that the exiting streams are not in binary equilibrium.
(ii) Verify that an air leak into the separator could be the cause.

b) An industrial dehumidifier accepts 50 kmol/hr of moist air with a


dewpoint of 20°C. Conditioned air leaving the dehumidifier has a
dewpoint temperature of 10°C. At what rate (kg/hr) is liquid water
removed in this steady-flow process? Assume P is constant at
1(atm).

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