Che 520L PQ1

Prelim Quiz 1: Calculations
February 9, 2021
1. Process conditions are changing with time
a. steady-state c. continuous
b. unsteady-state d. batch
2. If accurate control of concentration is desired __________ is done.
a. recycling b. purging c. bypass d. NOTA
3. Ratio of the number of moles of desired product formed to the number of undesired product formed.
a. selectivity b. yield c. conversion d. AOTA
4. A sludge coming from the secondary sedimentation tank is fed to a dryer to be dewatered. If 9500 lb/hr of water is
removed from the sludge, it is found that the sludge water content from 92% w/w is charged to 10%. Calculate the sludge
feed rate and the amount of dry solids produced.
a. P=926.83 lbs; F=10426.83 lbs c. P=426.83 lbs; F=11426.83 lbs
b. P=836.15 lbs; F=10046.15 lbs d. P=946.83 lbs; F=10406.15 lbs
5. Humid air at temperature 600 oF and a total pressure of 1 atm passed through a humidifier at the rate of 1000 ft3/min.
If the partial pressure of water vapor in air is reduced from 45 mmHg to 10 mmHg. How many pounds of water is
removed per hour?
a. 1.09 b. 76.3 c. 82.6 d. 65.2
6. To prepare a solution of 50% sulfuric acid, a dilute waste acid containing 28.0% sulfuric acid is fortified with a
purchased acid containing 96.0% sulfuric acid. How many kilograms of the purchased acid must be bought for a 100 kg of
dilute acid
a. 75 b. 65 c. 55 d. 45
7. The mole fraction of solute entering a gas absorber is 0.25. If the percentage recovery is 75%, then the mole fraction
of the solute at exit gas stream
a. 0.2000 b. 0.1875 c. 0.0769 d. 0.0833
8. Removal of valueless component from mixture; the mixture ordinarily consists of a nonvolatile solid and volatile liquid.
a. evaporation b. crystallization c. gas absorption d. drying
9. Defined as the kilogram of water contained in kilogram of dry air
a. relative humidity c. humid volume
b. percent humidity d. humidity
10. A material dissolved in a liquid phase is transferred to a second phase in this unit operation.
a. absorption b. crystallization c. leaching d. extraction
11. The ratio of the partial pressure of a vapor to the vapor pressure in equilibrium with the liquid is called
a. relative saturation c. relative humidity
b. absolute saturation d. absolute saturation
12. In a batch process, 10000 pounds of 20% solution of acetone in water is distilled. Water residue contains 50 lb
acetone, while the distillate contains 10% water. What is the total weight of the distillate
a. 6584 b. 2167 c. 2222 d. 7833
13. Wood is to be dried from 40% to 25% to moisture. What percentage of the feed wood is the water evaporated?
a. 80 b. 25 c. 60 d. 20
14. In liquid extraction, the transfer of solute between two immiscible liquid is possible when there is a difference in
a. solubility b. specific gravity c. viscosity d. mass
15. It involves the reverse transfer whereby water vapor is transferred from the vapor state to the liquid state.
a. crystallization c. dehumidification
b. absorption d. humidification
16. The term given to the two-phase mixture of mother liquor and crystals
a. slurry b. magma c. bagasse d. OATA
17. Refers to the temperature at which vapor pressure is equal to the partial pressure of vapor
a. dew point b. dry bulb c. equilibrium temp d. wet bulb
18. A rock contains 0.5 mg of lead-206 for every milligram of uranium-238. The half-life of the decay of uranium-238 to
lead-206 is 4.5 x 109 years. How old is the rock?
a. 2.9603 x 109 years c. 1.9603 x 109 years
b. 3.9603 x 109 years d. 2.3901 x 109 years
19. The oil is heated to 60oC. It cools to 50oC after 6 minutes. Find the time taken by the oil to cool from 50oC to 40oC
(Surrounding temperature Ts = 25oC).
a. 8.99 min b. 9.66 min c. 9.99 min d. 8.66 min
20. Robin heats the water to 70oC. He waits for 10 min. How much would be the temperature if k = 0.056 per min and
surrounding temperature is 27oC.
a. 51.56 oC b. 51.96 oC c. 41.96 oC d. 41.56 oC
21. The basis of all mass balance calculations
a. Law of Mass Action c. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Degree of Completion d. T and P Conditions
22. Temperature taken from the vapor-gas mixture using a thermometer with a wick which is wet with the liquid form of
the condensable gas where heat is transferred from the mixture to the bulb
a. dew point c. atmospheric temperature
b. wet bulb temperature d. dry bulb temperature
LINKAGE PROBLEM for Nos. 23 to 26.
The gases entering on NH3 reactor are in mole ratio of 4H2.1N2. The mole ratio of the gases in the exit stream is 4.25.
Reaction proceeds as
H2 + N 2 NH3
23. What is the limiting reactant?
a. N2 b. H2
24. Calculate the percentage of the excess reactant.
a. 66.67% b. 33.33% c. 54.18% d. 35.78%
25. What volume in liters of entering gas (measured at 500C, 1 atm) must enter the reactor to produce 150 metric tons
of pure NH3 per day?
a. 6,995,365.2340 L/day c. 5,778,980.1590 L/day
b. 9,695,900.3450 L/day d. 1,990,891.8912 L/day
26. What is the % conversion of H2?
a. 10% b. 15% c. 18% d. 20%
LINKAGE PROBLEM for Nos. 27 and 28.
A fuel, which is 100% propane, is burned with 20% excess oxygen. The source of oxygen is dry air.
27. Determine the Orsat analysis of the resulting gases.
a. 12.92% CO2 ; 5.76% O2 ; 81.32% N2
b. 9.29% CO2 ; 5.76% O2 ; 82.52% N2 ; 2.43% H2O
c. 11.29% CO2 ; 3.76% O2 ; 84.95% N2
d. 11.01% CO2 ; 3.16% O2 ; 80.89% N2 ; 4.94% H2O
28. What would be the wet analysis of the resulting gases?
a. 9.81% CO2 ; 5.76% O2 ; 70.12% N2 ; 14.31% H2O
b. 9.81% CO2 ; 3.27% O2 ; 73.83% N2 ; 13.09% H2O
c. 9.29% CO2 ; 4.62% O2 ; 80.01% N2 ; 6.08% H2O
d. 9.29% CO2 ; 2.37% O2 ; 75.12% N2 ; 13.22% H2O
29. For the preparation of methyl iodide, 2000 lb/day of hydroiodic acid are added to an excess methanol
HI + CH3OH CH3I + H2O

If the product contains 81.6% along with the unreacted methanol and the waste contains 82.65 HI AND 17.4%, calculate,
assuming that the reaction is 40% complete in the vessel, the weight of the methanol added per day.
a. 599.92 lbs/day b. 969.70 lbs/day
c. 1,630.22 lbs/day d. 1,890.82 lbs/day
LINKAGE PROBLEM for Nos. 30 and 31.
Methanol is produced by the reaction of carbon monoxide with hydrogen:
CO + 2H2O CH3OH
Only 15% of the entering the reactor is converted to methanol, so that a recycle of the unconverted gases is necessary. As
shown, the methanol product is condensed and separated from the unreacted gases, which is recycled.
The methanol product contains small amounts of impurities introduced by side reactions, such as
CO + 3H2 CH4 + H2O
30. Calculate the volume of the feed gas.
a. 526.89 b. 712.90 c. 618.12 d. 672.12
31. What would be the volume of the recycle gas?
a. 3333 b. 3507 c. 6189 d. 7810
LINKAGE PROBLEM for Nos. 32 to 34.
NaCl crystals are produced from 1,000 kg of a solution containing 10% NaCl, 1% KOH and 89% H2O. The solution is first sent
to and evaporator where 750 kg of the water from the solution is removed. The hot concentration solution is then sent to
a crystallizer where the solution is cooled to 20˚C and NaCl crystals are precipitated. No H 2O evaporates. Each kg of crystals
carries with it 0.10 kg of adhering mother liquor. The wet crystals are then treated in a drier where 95% of the water is
removed.
Data:
36 𝑔 𝑁𝑎𝐶𝑙
At 20˚ C, the solubility of NaCl is 100 𝑔 𝐻2𝑂 , that 100 g of water
can hold a maximum of 36 g of NaCl in solution. KOH is nonvolatile and very soluble in H 2O. Assume that the presence of
KOH does not affect the solubility of NaCl.
32. Calculate the composition of the concentration solution from the evaporator
a. 45% NaCl ; 8% KOH ; 47% H2O
b. 52% NaCl ; 8% KOH ; 40% H2O
c. 47% NaCl ; 4% KOH ; 49% H2O
d. 40% NaCl ; 4% KOH ; 56% H2O
33. Compute for the composition of the final crystal product
a. 89.12% NaCl ; 0.67% KOH ; 10.21% H2O
b. 98.00% NaCl ; 0.72% KOH ; 1.28% H2O
c. 99.18% NaCl ; 0.49% KOH ; 0.33% H2O
d. 95.78% NaCl ; 0.89% KOH ; 3.33% H2O
34. What would be the percentage recovery of NaCl from the original solution?
a. 67.89% b. 58.89% c. 50.85% d. 69.89%
35. A stream containing ethanol (ρ = 0.789 g/cm3) and water flows into a distillation column at 80 kg/s. The vapor stream
that leaves the column contains 80% ethanol by mass while the bottoms product with
a flow rate of 20 kg/s has an ethanol concentration of 3.5 M. The entrance stream is
a. 35.8% ethanol c. 64.2% ethanol
b. 46.2% ethanol d. 45.8% ethanol
36. Humid air exits a dryer at atmospheric pressure, 75oC, and at a relative humidity of 25%. Calculate the absolute humidity
of the air in kg water/kg air.
a. 0.066 b. 0.078 c. 0.088 d. 0.095
37. It is the point at which the first drop of a liquid mixture begins to vaporize.
a. triple point b. flash point c. bubble point d. dew point
38. The rate of material _____ is zero in case of a steady state system.
a. production b. accumulation c. reaction d. input
39. Calcium carbonate contains ____ percent of Ca by weight.
a. 12 b. 40 c. 48 d. 96
40. Equal masses of CH4 and H2 are mixed in an empty container. The partial pressure of hydrogen in this container
expressed as the fraction of total pressure is
a. 1/9 b. ½ c. 5/9 d. 8/9
41. The ease or difficulty of spreading components by distillation is determined by
a. relative volatility c. relative solubility
b. vapor pressure d. viscosity
42. A tank is being drained through a hole at the bottom. The volume remaining in the tank at a given time is defined by
the equation: V = 5(100 – t)2, where V is in liters and t in minutes. After 20 minutes, the rate of draining in L/min
a. 400 b. 800 c. 3200 d. 6400
43. Coal is mixed with water to form a slurry for transportation by pipelines. If 2 tons/hr of coal are mixed with water to
give a slurry containing 50% coal by weight, find the mass (tons/hr) of water added.
a. 2 b. 3.5 c. 4 d. 6
44. An evaporator is designed to evaporate 30,000kg of water per hour. A solution containing 10% salt is desired to be
concentrated to a solution containing 40% salt. If the evaporator is to operate at its rated capacity, what must be the feed
rate?
a. 40,000 kg/h b. 23,000 kg/h c. 31,000 kg/h d. NOTA
45. A batch dryer is capable of handling 5000kg material per hour. How much moisture is evaporated per hour if the material
is to be dried from 35% to 5% moisture?
a. 1988 kg/d b. 1278 kg/d c. 1579 kg/d d. 1900 kg/d
46. Solutions which distill without change in composition are called
a. azeotropic b. saturated c. supersaturated d. ideal
47. 100 mol of benzene is burned with 30% excess air. Assuming complete combustion, what is the percentage water in the
flue gas?
a. 69% b. 6.26% c. 12.52% d. 76.23%
LINKAGE PROBLEM for Nos. 48-50.
A high volatile bituminous coal was found to contain 6% moisture, 60% fixed carbon, 6% ash, 2.4% S and 2.6% N with a
heating value of 14000 Btu/lb.
48. Calculate the % carbon in the coal.
a. 69.45% b. 74.00% c. 78.43% c. 83.89%
49. Calculate the % hydrogen in the VCM.
a. 2% b. 4% c. 6% d. 8%
50. Calculate the % oxygen in the ultimate analysis.
a. 2.8% b. 3.8% c. 4.8% d. 5.8%

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