CHE 254 | 2 Homework 6 ~ Chapter 3 3.53 Streams of methane and air (79 mole % Np, the balance 0.) are combined at the inlet of a combustion furnace preheater. The pressures of each stream are measured with open-end mercury manometers, the temperatures are measured with resistance thermometers, and the volumetric flow rates are measured with orifice meters Measurement point 1 Data: Flowmeter 4: vy, = 947 Measurerient polit 3 Flowmeter2: V, = 195 e Manometeri: hy = 232 mami PREHEATER Manometer 2: 56mm Manometer 3: 74mm an Resistance thermometer 1: 26.159 ohms Resistance thermometer 2: 26.157 ohms Measurement point 2 Resistance thermometer 3: ry = 44.789 ohms ‘Atmospheric pressure: ‘Asealed-end mercury manometer reads ht = 29.76 in ‘The resistance thermometers were calibrated by measuring their resistances at the freezing and bolling points of water, with the following results: 1 = 23.624 ohms T= 100°C: r= 33,028 ohms Astraight-line relationship between Tand r may be assumed, ‘The relationship between the total molar flow rate of a gas and its volumetric flow rate is, to @ good approximation, given by 2 form of the ideal gas equation of state: pm 12.186P(aem)v (= ey eictz TOD u atl a). Derive the resistance thermometer calibration formula for T(°C) in terms of r(ahm). T(°¢) = ®) Convert the given gas law expressions to an expression for fi(kmol/min) in terms of P(mm¥fg), T(°C), and a Pa ea ate ba ay (onsen). SE Sa €) Calculate the temperatures and pressures at points 1,2, nd 3.on tecte 4) Calculate the molar flow rate of the combined gas streams. @) Calculate the reading of flowmeter 3 nm? /min. f). Calculate the total mass flow rate and the mass fraction of the methane at point 3 Where P is the absolute pressure of the gas, - 63%) 2s/.2e ‘Tom Bertalan, Rohit Deshane, James Clark, Craig Jackson CHE@TomBertalan.comw o ae 26.955 %C Tale To = 225.07 % Mii aie eral ae al %- Glo F mn tty °, = 9249.9 amily DA) = ,7331 kmole MTA (ae SO Rael ein alll mA M3 = (0,331 tao ae “en ei, = 387 ; ) vg rane a ry 7) tes/me