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For numbers 1 to 2:
A mixture of ethyl acetate vapor and air has a relative saturation of 50% at 30 0C and a total pressure of 100 kPa. If the vapor
pressure of ethyl acetate at 300C is 16 kPa
3. Solid calcium fluoride reacts with sulfuric acid to form calcium and gaseous hydrofluoric acid. The HF is then dissolved in water to
form hydrofluoric acid. The source of calcium fluoride is fluorite ore containing 96.0% wt CaF 2 and 4.0% SiO2. In a typical process,
fluorite ore is reacted with 93% wt aqueous sulfuric acid, supplied wiwth15% excess of the stoichiometric amount. Ninety five percent
of the ore dissolves in the acid. Some of the HF formed reacts with the dissolved silica according to the reaction:
6 HF + SiO2 H2SiF6 (aq) + 2 H2O (l)
The hydrogen fluoride exiting from the reactor is subsequently dissolved in enough water to produce 60% wt HF. Calculate the
quantity of ore needed to produce one metric ton of the acid.
a. 1533 kg c. 1633 kg
b. 1733 kg d. 1833 kg
4. Oil is extracted from seeds by leaching with organic solvents. Soybean seeds containing 20% oil, 65% inert solids and 15% water
are leached with hexane and after extraction the solid residue is removed from the solution of oil in hexane. The residue analyzed
1.0% oil, 88% inert cake and 11% water. What percent of oil is recovered?
a. 90% c. 96%
b. 82% d. 87%
5. Process in which the solute components of a gas mixture are dissolved in a liquid.
a. evaporation c. distillation
b. gas absorption d. drying
For numbers 7 to 9:
100 moles of natural gas containing 80% methane, 15% ethane, and 5% propane is burnt with excess air. 90% of the carbon in the
feed is converted to CO2, and the remaining 10% is converted to CO.
6. If 332.5 moles of oxygen was supplied during the combustion process, what is the percent excess air used?
a. 25% c. 30%
b. 35% d. 40%
7. What is the percentage of oxygen in the Orsat analysis of the flue gas?
a. 6.03% c. 7.62%
b. 6.85% d. 8.43%
8. How many moles of water vapor are formed in the product gas?
a. 158 moles c. 225 moles
b. 185 moles d. 252 moles
9. It is defined as a fraction of the feed to a process unit that is diverted around the unit and combined with the output stream:
a. by pass c. purge
b. recycle d. make up
10. StefanBoltzmann law states that the emissive power is proportional to the fourth power of absolute temperature. Stated
mathematically, Eb = sT 4 where Eb is the emissive power in Btu/(ft2 h), sis the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, and T is the temperature
in R. What is the value of s in W/(m2-K4), if its value in fps units is 0.171 x108 Btu/(ft2-h-R4)?
a. 4.33 x108 c. 5.66 x108
b. 1.77 x108 d. 8.88 x108
12. A paint mixture containing 25 wt% of a pigment and the balance water sells for $18/kg, and a mixture containing 12 wt% pigment
sells for $10/kg. If a paint retailer produces a blend containing 17 wt% pigment, for how much ($/kg) should it be sold to yield a 10%
profit?
a. $14.39/kg c. $12.65/kg
b. $15.04/kg d. $11.20/kg
13. One hundred pounds of solution containing 80 wt% Na2SO4 must be obtained by evaporating a dilute solution using a double effect
evaporator. If the evaporator from the 2nd effect is 60% of that coming from the first effect and the concentrate of the first effect
contains 1 lb Na2SO4 per pound of water. Calculate for the composition of the feed.
a. 31% H2O, 69% Na2SO4 c. 45% H2O, 55% Na2SO4
b. 45% H2O, 55% Na2SO4 d. 69% H2O, 31% Na2SO4
14. Which of the following is true regarding material balance involving combustion?
a. This reaction only generates product gases such as H2O, CO2, CO and SO2.
b. This reaction is accompanied with the release of energy only.
c. This reaction not only generates product gas such as H2O, CO2, CO, and SO2 but also accompanied with the release of
energy.
d. This reaction can neither generate product gases such as H2O, CO2, CO, and SO2 or accompanied with the release of
energy.
15. What part of 90% alcohol must be removed and replaced by an equal amount of pure alcohol to make a 95% alcohol solution?
a. 5% or less c. between 5% and 10%
b. 5% d. 50%
16. Thermal conductivity of material A is 40 W/m-K, that of material B is 40 kcal/m-h-0C and that of material C is 40 BTU/ft-hr-0F. Which
material is a better conductor of heat in comparison with others?
a. material A c. material C
b. material B d. both materials A and B
17. Phase diagrams for H2O and CO2 are shown below:
18. The amount of product (42% concentrate) produced per 100 kg fresh juice fed to the process.
a. 35.3 c. 40.5
b. 28.6 d. 19.2
20. The simplest form of a mass balance is for systems wherein there is no:
a. accumulation, generation and output c. accumulation, consumption and output
b. generation, consumption and output d. accumulation, generation and consumption
25. Which of the following is the dimensional formula for the volumetric quantity of water flowing in unit time?
a. M t c. M3 t-
b. L3 t d. L3 t-
27. kg of ore
a. 1806 kg c. 2772 kg
b. 3198 kg d. 5671 kg
29. The conversion of a reactant in a process with recycle based on the fresh feed of the reactant and the net product
a. once through fraction conversion c. single pass conversion
b. overall fraction conversion d. sequential modular conversion
32. For using brackish water for irrigation, it is to be desalinated by evaporation. A fraction of the feed water s sent through an evaporator
and the other part is bypassed. The fraction bypassed and the pure water leaving the evaporator are mixed together to give the
desalinated water of the desired quality. If the feed water has 500 ppm of salt, and salt content in the water used for irrigation is to
be limited to a maximum of 50 ppm, determine the fraction of the feed water bypassed.
a. 0.1 c. 0.3
b. 0.2 d. 0.4
33. It is used in the industry to achieve a liquid-solid separation where solids are formed by a change in temperature.
a. crystallizer c. filter
b. reactor d. humidifier
35. An average person should have no more than 60 grams of fat in his or her daily diet. A certain package of chocolate chip cookies is
labeled 1 portion is 3 cookies and also fat: 6 grams per portion. How many cookies may one eat before exceeding 50% of ones
recommended fat intake?
a. 10 c. 15
b. 2 d. 18
37. Only one of the following statements is correct regarding gc, the Newtons law conversion factor. Spot the correct statement.
a. It is a dimensionless constant.
b. It is numerically equal to g, the local acceleration due to gravity.
c. Weight of a body is equal to the product of mass and gc.
d. Numerical values of gc are different for different system of units.
38. Ammonia is recovered from a gas mixture containing 25% (volume) CO2 and 75% (volume) NH3 by scrubbing with water. Assuming
that CO2 is insoluble in water, determine the percent of ammonia in the entering gas that is absorbed if the gas leaving the scrubber
analyzes 35% NH3.
a. 68% c. 53%
b. 82% d. 77%
39. The fraction of the feed or some key material in the feed that is converted into products
a. conversion c. yield
b. degree of completion d. all of these
40. The volume of a microbial culture is observed to increase according to the relation V (cm3) = et, where t is in seconds. Find the
equivalent expression where V is in inch3 and t is in hours.
a. V = 16.39 e3600 t c. V = 0.061 e0.003 t
b. V = 16.39 e0.003 t d. V = 0.061 e3600 t
For numbers 41 to 42:
An aqueous solution of ethanol containing 10% by weight ethanol is continuously distilled at a rate of 1000 kg/h in a distillation
column. Ten percent of the feed is recovered as distillate product which contains 60% ethanol and 40% water. Calculate the following:
43. The dependence of thermal conductivity of a material on temperature is given by an empirical equation k = a eb/T where a and b are
constants, and k is in W/m K and T is in K. Spot the true statement from the following set.
a. a and b have the same dimension as k.
b. a has the dimension of k and b is dimensionless.
c. a and b are dimensionless.
d. a has the dimension of k and b has the dimension of T.
44. Small animals like rats can live at reduced pressure down to 20 kPa absolute. In a test, a mercury manometer attached to a tank
with a mouse inside, reads -64.5 cm Hg and the barometer reads 100 KPa. Will the mice survive?
a. Yes, the absolute pressure is 185 kPa
b. No, the absolute pressure is 14 KPa
c. Yes, the absolute pressure is 86 KPa
d. Incomplete data
Atomic Masses:
Ba 137.33 Cl 35.45
N 14 S 32
C 12 Si 28.09
F 19 Ti 47.87
Fe 56 O 16
Ca 40 Na 23
CHE THERMODYNAMICS
46. The number of degrees of freedom for a mixture of ice and water (liquid) are:
a. one c. two
b. three d. four
50. Calorie is equal to 1000 calories (thermochemical calories). How many 8-inch high steps must a 180-lb man climb to expend 400
cal from the piece of cake?
a. 100 steps c. 1000 steps
b. 10000 steps d. 100000 steps
51. During adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas, work is done by the system and internal energy
a. increases c. decreases
b. remains constant d. any of these
52. What is the force in Newtons exerted on the gas by the atmosphere, the piston and the weight, assuming no friction between the
piston and cylinder?
a. 1.91 x104 N c. 2.03 x104 N
b. 1.56 x104 N d. 2.28 x104 N
55. What is the change in potential energy of the piston and weight?
a. 1.8 kJ c. 1.9 kJ
b. 1.5 kJ d. 1.2 kJ
57. What is the final temperature of the water after the ice melted and a temperature has been reached?
a. 61.30C c. 73.40C
b. 69.70C d. 78.20C
60. For an ideal gas the slope of the pressure-volume curve, at a given point will be,
a. Steeper for an isothermal than for an adiabatic process.
b. Steeper for an adiabatic than for an isothermal process.
c. Identical for both the processes.
d. of opposite signs.
62. against a variable pressure which varies with volume according to the expression PVn = k, and with the given data:
a. 7 c. 151
b. 55 d. 157
63. reversibly assuming gas is ideal
a. 7 c. 151
b. 55 d. 157
64. reversibly assuming gas obeys van der Waals equation of state (a=0.86 Pa-m6-mol-2and b = 3.18 x10-5 m3-mol-)
a. 7 c. 151
b. 55 d. 157
65. The amount of heat absorbed when CO2 gas reacts with a solid CaO to form solid CaCO3 is measured in a bomb calorimeter at
constant volume. The data obtained give a direct measure of
a. U c. H
b. VP d. Cp
68. A solid is transformed into vapor without going through the liquid phase at
a. triple point c. boiling point
b. below triple point d. always
69. Calculate the final quality of the water-vapor mixture in the cylinder if it reaches a final equilibrium temperature of 1000F.
a. 0.54 c. 0.19
b. 0.38 d. 0.26
73. A process consists of two steps: (1) One mole of air at T = 800 K and P = 4 bar is cooled at constant volume to T = 350 K. (2) The
air is then heated at constant pressure until its temperature reaches 800 K. If this two-step process is replaced by a single isothermal
expansion of air from 800 K and 4 bar to some final pressure P, what is the value of P that makes the work of the two processes the
same? Assume mechanical reversibility and treat air as an ideal gas with Cp = (7/2)R and Cv = (5/2)R.
a. 2.28 bar c. 2.52 bar
b. 3.01 bar d. 1.86 bar
78. To obtain the integrated form of Clausius-Clapeyron equation, from the exact Clapeyron equation, it is assumed that:
a. The volume of the liquid phase is negligible compared to that of the vapor size.
b. The vapor phase behaves as ideal gas.
c. The heat of vaporization is independent of temperature.
d. All the above are applicable.
79. Calculate W for the entire process. Take Cv = 3R/2 and Cp = 5R/2.
a. -168 J c. 168 J
b. 0 J d. 237 J
80. If the processes are carried out irreversibly but so as to accomplish exactly the same changes of state the same changes P, T, U
and H then different values of Q and W. Calculate W if each step is carried out with an efficiency of 80%.
a. 168 J c. 1996 J
b. 883 J d. 0 J
81. During an adiabatic, internally reversible process, what is true about the change in entropy?
a. it is temperature dependent c. it is always less than zero
b. it is always zero d. it is always greater than zero
82. Nitrogen flows through a steady state through a horizontal, insulated pipe with inside diameter of 1.5 in. A pressure drop results from
flow through a partially opened valve. Just upstream from the valve the pressure is 100 psia, the temperature is 120 0F, and the
average velocity is 20 ft/s. If the pressure just downstream from the valve is 20 psia, what is the temperature?
a. 1190F c. 1320F
b. 1060F d. 1280F
83. A 1500-kg automobile traveling at 30 m/s is brought to rest by impacting a shock absorber composed of a piston with small holes
that moves in a cylinder containing water. How much heat must be removed from the water to return it to its original temperature?
a. 235 kJ c. -19kJ
b. 675 kJ d. 898 kJ
84. Steam undergoes isentropic expansion in a turbine from 5000 kPa and 4000C (entropy = 6.65 kJ/kg K) to 150 kPa (entropy of
saturated liquid = 1.4336 kJ/kg K, entropy of saturated vapor = 7.2234 kJ/kg K). The exit condition of steam is
a. superheated vapor c. partially condensed vapor with quality of 0.9
b. saturated vapor d. partially condensed vapor with quality of 0.1
85. It is desired to supply steam in sauna bath 20 meters above sea level initially at a temperature and pressure are 3000C and 500 kPa.
The outlet steam supplied to the bath house is at 2000C and 100 kPa to compensate heat losses along the pipe line. As such, the
outlet velocity of steam must be four time as fast as the inlet steam velocity to neglect heat losses. If 10 kW pump is available,
calculate the mass flow rate of steam to be supplied from a 5 cm pipe diameter.
PROPERTIES OF STEAM
86. An ideal gas is adiabatically and irreversibly compressed from 3 bar and 300 K to 6 bar in a closed system. The work is required for
the irreversible compression is 1.5 times the work that is required for reversible compression from the same initial temperature and
pressure to the same final pressure. The molar heat capacity of the gas at constant volume is 30 J/mol-K (assumed to be independent
of temperature). Calculate the temperature of the gas at the final state in the irreversible compression case.
a. 420 K c. 501 K
b. 373 K d. 286 K
87. Steam at 3000C and 2 MPa enters a nozzle with an inlet diameter of 5 cm at a steady flowrate of 0.5 kg/s. If heat is lost at a rate of
10 kJ/s and leaves the nozzle at 2000C and 1.4 MPa, determine the outlet diameter of the nozzle.
a. 1.2 cm c. 2.0 cm
b. 1.6 cm d. 2.4 cm
88. The designer of a new type of engine claims an output of 225 hp with a fuel that releases 19250 BTU/lb when burned. If the heat is
supplied and rejected at average temperatures of 7500F and 1450F, respectively, estimate the lowest necessary amount of fuel for
the rated output of the engine?
a. 30 lb/hr c. 40 lb/hr
b. 50 lb/hr d. 60 lb/hr
95. The only process which is different in Carnot and Rankine cycle is
a. compression in pump c. heat rejection process
b. expansion in turbine d. heat addition process