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CONFIDENTIAL CLB 10904

CONFIDENTIAL CLB 10904

UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR


MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF
CHEMICAL & BIOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

GROUP ASSIGNMENT (L01 & L02)


JANUARY SEMESTER 2020
SUBMISSION DATE : 22/5/2020 (FRIDAY)

COURSE CODE : CLB 10904

COURSE TITLE : CHEMICAL PROCESS PRINCIPLES

GROUP MEMBERS :

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:

1. Answer ALL questions.


2. Softcopy submission ONLY (Typing or Handwriting)

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CONFIDENTIAL CLB 10904

Answer ALL questions.

Question 1
The production of formaldehyde (HCHO) is achieved through methane (CH 4) oxidation while avoiding
another parallel oxidation reaction that forms carbon dioxide (CO 2) as shown in Equation 1 below. Both
parallel reactions also produce water as its side product. These reactions take place in a continuous
reactor at steady state and contain an inlet feed stream mixture of 9.0 mol% methane and the balance
air (air consists of 21 mole% O2 and 79 mole% N2). It is determined that the outlet flow rate for nitrogen
gas as 150.0 mol/hr. The percent conversion of the limiting reactant, methane is 70.0%. Selectivity of the
desired product relative to the undesired product is 0.60.

CH 4 + O2 ® HCHO + H 2O
CH 4 + 2O2 ® CO2 + 2H 2O
i. Draw and fully label a process flowchart
(3 marks)
ii. Determine the total feed molar flow rate (in mol/hr).
(3 marks)
iii. Solve the molar composition (in mol%) of the outlet stream mixture.
(19 marks)

Question 2
100 mol/hr of liquid n-hexane at 25C and 1 atm is vaporized and heated to 300C at constant pressure.

i. Construct a complete hypothetical process path to calculate the change of enthalpy (ΔĤ) for the
process above.
(4 marks)
ii. Calculate the change of enthalpy (ΔH) (in kJ/hr) for the process.
(10 marks)
iii. With the aid of a hypothetical process path, determine the change of enthalpy (ΔH) (in kJ/hr) for
the process when the n-hexane vapor at 300°C is subsequently cooled down to n-hexane liquid at
50°C.
(11 marks)

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Question 3

Ethylene glycol (HOCH2CH2OH), mainly used as an antifreeze, is produced by reacting 10 lb-mole/h ethylene oxide
with water. A side reaction produces an undesirable dimer, DEG.

C2 H 4O (g) + H 2O (l) ® HOCH 2CH 2OH (g)


HOCH 2CH 2OH (g) + C2 H 4O (g) ® HOCH 2CH 2OCH 2CH 2OH (g)
The fractional conversion of ethylene oxide is 0.92 and the selectivity is 0.85. The feed to the reactor contains 3.0
mol H2O/mol C2H4O.

(a) Draw and label a flowchart of the process.


(3 marks)
(b) Calculate the reactor outlet composition using extent of reaction (ξ).
(19 marks)
(c) Determine the fractional yield.
(3 marks)

Question 4
100 mol/hr of butane (C4H10) are burned in a reactor with 25% excess oxygen (O2), producing CO2, CO
and H2O. The product gases (including C4H10 and O2) enter a separator where 90% of the unreacted
C4H10 and O2 are recycled and mixed with a fresh feed of C4H10 and O2 to form the stream to the reactor.
The rest of the product gases exit as a waste stream. If the single pass conversion of butane is 45% and
there is nine times as much CO2 as CO in the product gas leaving the reactor, determine:

a) The composition of the product gas from the reactor


b) The molar flow rates of the fresh feed
c) The overall process conversion of butane

Question 5
A gas mixture containing 85 mole % N2 and the balance n-hexane flows through a pipe at a rate of 100
m3/hr. The pressure is 2.00 atm absolute and the temperature is 100oC.

a) Calculate the molar flow rate of the gas in Kmol/hr.


b) Is the gas saturated? If not, determine temperature would it have to be cooled to in order for
hexane to start condensing.
c) Determine temperature would the gas have to be cooled to at constant pressure in order to
condense 80% of the hexane.
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Question 6

A liquid stream containing mixture of 57.0 mole% benzene (C6H6) and the balance methanol (CH3OH) is
fed into an evaporator at 65˚C. Due to the reduced pressure in the evaporator, a portion of the
mixture evaporates to form vapor. The liquid product contains pure methanol. On the other hand,
the vapor product emerges at a rate of 180.0 mol/s containing 10 mole% methanol and the balance benzene.
Both liquid and vapor product streams are in equilibrium at 45˚C. The flow diagram of the process is
shown below in Figure 1. Neglect the effects of pressure changes on enthalpies.
Using [Benzene (liquid phase, 65˚C), Methanol (liquid phase, 65˚C)] as reference for enthalpy calculations,
fill in the inlet-outlet enthalpy table and determine the required heat input rate in kilowatts (kW).

180.0 mol/s
10.0 mol% CH3OH

57.0 mol% C6H6

pure CH3OH

Figure

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