CHE198D Chemical Engineering Principles Seta NAME / STUDENT NUMBER: #2101024 0 Multiple Choice. Jdeny the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. BDs 1. What isthe effect of increasing the amount of excess temperature? A. Noetiect. B. It depends on physical state of the fuel. C. Adiabatic fame temperature will increase, 1D. Adiabatic flame temperature will decrease. 2. Airat 30°C and a total pressure of 750 mm Hg has a percentage molal humidity of 75%, At this temperature, the vapor pressure of water is 31.81 mm Hg. At what pressute lo Which the air must be compressed at constant temperature in order to condense 85% of the moisture? A. 34am B. 63.tm C. 77 atm SQ 84aim 3. A sample of coat is found to contain 67.2% C and 22.3% ash (weight bass). The refuse obtained at the end of ‘combustion is analyzed to contsin 7.1% earbon and the rest ash. What i the of earbon remaining unburat in the refuse? A 254% B. 265% ©. 3.04% D. 444% 4. Asilica gel drier removes 1000 kg of water per hour. Air is supplied at a temperature of $5 °C and a dew point (of 265 °C. The air leaves the drier ata temperature of 32°C and a dew point of 7.2 °C. The pressure inthe system is constant at 100 kPa. How many m per hour of wet ai (atthe inital conditions) is supplied per hour? ‘The vapor pressure of water at 26.5 and 7.2°C are 3.5 kPa and 1.02 kPa, respectively. A. 222x108 C. 4.86% 10° B. 375x 10 D, 6.04% 10" during combustion of fuel on the adiabatic flame For questions 5-6: A natural gas which consists of 80 mol % CHs, 10 mol % Hz and 10 mol % Nz burns in 20 % excess ait, Assume ‘complete combustion of CH to COsbut only half of the hydrogen. ‘5. What isthe fraction of nitrogen in the Orsat analysis ofthe combustion gases? A 030 B. 073 “S086 D. 089 ©. What isthe CO: to water ratio inthe combustion gases? A051 “B08, c 044 D. 055 For questions 7-8 ‘A mixed acid isto be prepared from spent acid solutions, 99% sulfurie acid, 95% nitric acid, and water, if Determine the mass of 99% sulfuric acid needed to be mixed with 1000 kg of waste acid containing 40% H:SOs, 20% HINO» and 40% H:0 to form mixed acid containing 50% H:80., 405% HNOs and 10% H:0. A, 2230.2 kg ©. 2551.1 ke DB. 1985.6kg fv D. 2028.8 kg Determine the amount of water tobe evaporated from 1000 kg of waste acid containing 40% H:SOs, 20% HNOs 1nd 40% Hs0 to produce a mixture containing 66% H:SOs, 33% HNO and 1% 1:0. A. 25656 ke & 393.94 ig B. 276.98 kg D. 400.72 kg. For questions 9-10; By exiraction with Kerosene, 2000 kg of waned paper (25% paraffin wax, 75% pulp paper) is de-waxed in an extraction system. The extract collected retains 5 kg wax per 100 kg Kerosene. The residue, which retains 2 kg Kerosene per kg pulp, is passed through a dryer 10 vaporize and remove all its kerosene content. The died Product. which retains un-extrcted wax, contains 0.02 kg wax per kz pulp. 9, Determine the amount of extract solution leaving the extraction system, A. 8970 kg C9780 kg, B. s790Kg 9870 kg 10, Determine the total amount of solvent used. A. 10,000 kg. C. 10,400g SR 12,400 kg. D. 12,600 kg.bP | 0 [e+ bo n 12, 14 CHEI98D Chemical Engineering Principles Seva, For questions 11 = 13: 1000 kg of soya beans ofthe following composition (w1%), oil 18 fiber and ash 9.4 protein 35 moisture 105 carbohydrate 27.1 is tobe: (1) crushed and pressed, which reduces the oil content in beans to 6 () then extracted with hexane to produce a meal containing 0.5% oi G) finally dried to 8% moisture. ‘Assuming there's no loss of pratein and water with the oil, determine the folowing: ‘expressed oil in (1), A. 1418 kg B. 98.8kg C. 127.7 kg D. BA kg unexttacted oil that remains in the meal A. Ake B. 29kg, C. 87kg D. 66 ke, water lost in drying Te 425 kg B. 625k, C. 468 ke D. 582 kg For questions 14-15: In an ultrafiltration plant, whey isto be concentrated. Two steams are to be produce: the retentae (protein- rich stream) and the permeate (Liquid stream, mainly water). In all 140,000 g/day of feed isto be processed to give a 12-fold concentration of 95% of the protein from an original whey concentration of 0.93% protein and (6% of other soluble solids. Assume all ofthe soluble solids other than protein remain with the liquid steam, which also has 5% protein ofthe protein ini Estimate retentate flow rate, A. 16,656.7 kg/day Se 11,083.3 kg/day B. 212333 kg D. 18,666.7 kgiday A. 0.999 c. 0.667 ~D 0921 For questions 16 - 17: ‘A tomato juice evaporator takes in juice atthe rate of 1200 kg/h The concentiated juice contains 35% of solids and the hourly rate of removal of water is 960 kg. Calculate the % watexin the original juice. A. 80% 93% c. 77% D. 96% CCateulate the quantity of steam needed per hour for heating if he evaporator works ata pressure of 10 KPa and the heat available from steam is 2200 ki/kg. Assume no heat losses. A. 1089 keh B18 kg C. 2257 kgih D. 1693 kwh For questions 18-19: Sweet whey, following cheesemaking, has the following composition: 5.5% lactose, 0.8% protein, and 0.5% ash, The equilibrium solubility of lactose in water is given in the chart, elbly Aglotosy/100 ke weerCHE198D Chemical Engineering Principles Seta, 1000 kg of whey is concentrated in a vacuum evaporator at 60°C to 60% solids and the concentrate is then cooled with crystallization of the lactose down wo 22°C over a period of 1wo weeks. 18. Calculate the % yield of lactose as crystal. A. 86.1% B. 819% C 898% D. 77.4% 19. Estimate the amount of saturated solution after crystallization. A. 47-7kg B. SiSkg C. 394kg D. 44.0 kg 20. A power sation using east of calorific value 30 Mik procuces 720 MW with an etfiieny of 36% How much coal does use in 1H? A 300s B. 120 ons ©. 180105. 240 tons 21. Determine which of be flowing st of condions make water asupriated vapor? AL T0MPa,0003 mig 6-057 © TMP das He Bo «TSK, 01m mg 0/4 XD, 1042, 283K SE 22, Anair nozzle operates with het oss of 125 kk. The inlet condition are: P= 1 MPa 7; = 300°C, w= 75 mis I the ext pressure and temperature ae 0:8 MPa and 150°C, respectively, find the ext veloc (For a y= 1.0082 ge} A 30LS ms ~ 739.1 ms B 2885 ms D, 4255 ms la Isl le oro ty company has a plan witha capacity of 1000 MW of electricity for sale ots consumers. The ‘overall thermal efficiency of the plant i 25% andthe il (he fel) coss $0.25 gallon. The Neling vale of the ols 4.65 ° 10° Rig andthe density of ois 3.4 kg. P25, whatis average fel consumption? Ar O22 gale 'B. O68 gals C0084 gals. 0.253 gals B24. Whats he cos of running the plana maximum capacity for one week? AS25502 “Br 838,254 C. si8467 D. $12,701 For questions 25 - 26: ‘Steam flows through a valve, The inlet conditions are 1.0 MPa and 400°C, and the exit pressure is 0.30 MPa, CH). Bnthatpy data (ki/kgy 130 MPa (133.56°C) Pai Mpa (179920) saturated liquid 61.1 76288 y= Na saturated vapor 2753 zma 200% 2865.1 28274 Bore S089 3050.6 400°C 32740 32638 C25. Estimate the exit temperature, assuming no heattransfer. ij phe 1B 3887°C B384.6°c D. 4011 _ ih 26, Estimate the heat transfer so that the exit steam is saturated vapor at 0.3 MPs. = is A. 448.7 keg C. 398.7 ki/kg Ye 5385 0g D, 7022s For questions 27 - 28: ‘An engine operates on an airstandard Otto eycle. The pressure and temperature at the beginning of the isentropic compression are 100 kPa and 40°C, respectively. The pressure a the end of the compression is 2.0 MPa and the net ideal work is 300 kl/kg, Assuming ideal air standard eyele, determine the following: Bm compression ratio. B Dn M2 R850 2d D. 73 D. 28. thermal eticieney. A. 0.70 B. os 068 D. 058 AL 28. temperature atthe end of consant-volume heat adéiton. K AOBTK | Mes) 152K D. 1089 K ' a2 Cnectiant att po Low. Kater bales INS fore 756 = diode 9.00306 obgre 2026e le Isle I? > bk Bs 30, 31 2, 33 34, 3s. 36. an 41 CHE198D ‘Chemical Engineering Principles seta For questions 30 -37: Its desired to achieve a 95% conversion of resctant A in to B in an isothermal reactor (operating at 318 K) according 10 the liquid-phase dimerization reaction 24—E»B, However, Kinetic data forthe reaction are available onl ato temperatures, as follows ymin C4, mol/L (303K) Cg, mol/L (333 K) 0 ono ou 1 oussra Sosrs » o.008 Doszze 3 oostes o2ai0 o east? dors2s 3 ooaira dor600 % oor880 dois Toes Sci hee ox ohaah Wats ibe ore eocton? no Bt cw ‘x2 Using the given units of time and concentration, whats (approximately) the sumerical value of the rate constant at 303 K? A. 0489 TB 0.720 c. 0.467 D. 0.914 Using the given units of time and concentration, what is (approximately) the numerical valve of the ate constant at 333 K? 1.050 B. Lise C. 0,683 D. 0.900 ‘What is (approximately) the activation energy of the reaction? A. 12680 J/mol B. 17920J/mol 6 10550 J/mot ‘D. 9810 J/mot ‘What i (approximately) the rate constant atthe operating temperature ofthe reactor? A 0228 B. 0.994 © Odi Ds 0877 ite eactor is CSTR operating at 318 K, with feed lw rat and fea concerto of 025 Lnin and Ot trol respctvy etna te rogued rence Yolune, ioe Serva Cass b. 1364 Me reactor is PPR operaing at 318K, wih feed ow ae nd feed conan of 0.25 Linu 0.1 taps nia ied ma cae Aaa B33. “Ose D. 4164 ta 00. cSTR olowedty 301.CSTRs 1 be we ih ed Now tO Linn inet A conzntatin For questions 38 - 38 Pg RHC Ti lsees pots dow ae bien ites cuits atte ence" Te eo oe 16 ‘ceurs from which a worthless and toxic compound 5 forms. These reactions and their corresponding kinetics areas follows: AOR ~rankiCg bed9S -r4nkach 3. To optimize the yield of B, the concentration of A must be ~ low. C. equal to that of B. B. high D. always greater than that of B. For optimum process design, which of the following resetions will you recommend? A. aPFR . a batch reactor B. acstR. D. a semi-datch reactor Which ofthe following can contribute to optimizing the formation of B? ‘A. devise a system that removes B as soon as C. use a catalyst that is selective tothe first it forms reaction B, introduce A into the reactor intermittently D. use extreme temperature (ether too low ‘oF to high) Catalysis in a chemical reaction i based on the catalysts ability to change (i. lower) the chemical reation’s ‘A. mechanism, C. activation energy. B. overall order of reaction, D. heat of reactionDa Aw |> 49, 50, 51 Pk le pf si 32. CHEI98D (Chemical Engineering Principles SoA, kia The ate of reaction A > Bis represented by “FA = Te pra At hah value of C4, the order ofthe reaction and the rate constant are, respectively hee No dandy Oand Fr fa Land Fr Inthe factorial method of cost estimation, the fixed capital cost ofthe project, Cy, is given asa function of the total purchase equipment cost, C., by the equation: C; = LC, where Lis the Lang factor, which depends on the type of process. What i the value of L; for predominantly fluids processing plant? ASI B36 ©. 42 ND. 47 1m 2005 the heat exchanger that could handle SO L/min was purchased at a cost of $8,000. What would be the expected cost ofa similar heat exchanger that could handle 100 L/min that was purchased in 2010? Data: Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (Tor heat exchangers and tanks) ‘2005. = 468.2 2010-5508 A. $18,870 B. $10,307 Ney $14,265 D. $18823 _— ilters are the only trve continuous filter. AE Leat filters C. Basket filters BL Rotary drum WB. Platesand-frame At what condition in distillation will a theoretical stage equals one transfer unit? ‘A. low relative volatility ©. high relative volatility B. relative volatility near unity D. azzotropy ‘Accolumn requites 3 stages of rectification, where the less-voatile component diminishes by factor of 6 on each stage. The 3 stages are equal to about 6 transfer units. A packing characteristic HETP value of 15 inches is also the height of a transfer unit in conditions similar tothe distillation tess. Estimate the minimum packing {pth forthe column to provide the 3 theoretical stages. AL 90 inches C. 45 inches B. 30inches D. 120 inches In both first- and second-order systems, the parameter that is indicative of how fast t slow the response will beis the A. time eonstant C. proportional gain B. steady-state gain D. sei point ‘The proportional band of a P-only contol is inversely proportional tothe A controller gain. B. error. © offset, D. set point. For questions 50-51: ‘Suppose you have a controller that accepts 4 - 20 mA current signal and provides 4 - 20 mA output signal. Further you may apply a step change of 2 mA to the input terminals of the controller and you measure the ‘change of 10 mA at the output terminals ‘The controler gains 02 BS © 25 D4 ‘The proportional band is A, 40%. B. 75%. C208, D. som. ‘The lationship between the input and output functions in terms of deviation variables, in Laplace domain is best depicted in terms of ‘A. block diagram C. wansfer funtion B. Pap. D. deviation variable. 2 Determine Ht = 2) given that") = Fey A. 0568 B. 0982 ©. 0035 D. 0018 ‘What instrument is represented by the folowing symbol? A. current-to-pressure transducer C. pressure indicator (ie., pressure gage)CHEL98D ‘Chemical Engineering Principles Set A. A __. Be sutentio-pressureansmiter D. compressed air installation 5S. Convert 25% contol signal to pneumatic, A B. 6.75 psig ©. S95psig D. 7.25 psig Acontinuous bioreactor in which only the flow rate is used to control the rat of cel or product produetivity is. called ‘A. turbidostat. fermenter. A B. chemostat D. biofilm reactor. ‘57. Many enzyme reactions follow the Michaelis-Menten law, shown below, where V and Ke are constants and [S] isthe concentration of substrate that is undergoing a catalyzed reaction. ‘When [S] >> Kx, the apparent order ofthe reaction is Ao Ba Ga D.2 A_ 5% Whatisie ore of microbial oxygen consumption overa wide range of oxygen concentration above cites? AO Bl ct De D_ 59. Which ofthe following eneymes cn be isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae? A. banyiane C._plvose oxidase BB lactate dehydrogenase D, alcohol dehydrogenase 60, Many enzyme retctos flow the Micals-Meniea a, shove bow, where Vand Ke arcontns and] eth concentaton of abate that i underglng etelyedtveion, Yee Waa) ants ‘he parameters'V and Kr may be determined trom experientl daa by plating. vers __ inthe nave mn ae Sea © rate 5 rte ® rae .157" Deel ea) ia B61, inthe MeCabe-Thice diagram fra stripper, ‘A thegllivm eve below the open line. B. theegilrium eres above the operating line, the equilibrium eure ire he operating ine te Bottom composiions D. the equiva care iret the operating in at he top sompostion. For questions 62-64: A dilute solution of solute Ain solvent B is passed through a tubular membrane separator, with the fed flowing through the tubes. Ata certain location, the solute concentrations are 0.05 kmol/m’ and 0,015 kmol/m', respectively, on the feed and rtentate sides. The petmeance ofthe membrane for solute A is 7.3’ 10° mvs. The tube-side Reynolds number is 15,000, the feed-side solute Schmidt number is $00, the eiffasivity of the Feed side solute is 6.5~“10 ms, andthe inside diameter af the tube is 0.5 em. © ca, estimate the mass ase otic for this sytem. For ule Now in be, Sh = 0.025 Re A. 20% 104 mis 5.1% 104 mis B. 98% 105 ms D. 84x10 ms =P cs, ssimme te fx of te stu tough the membrane if th mageranferrssance on the pormente side x negligible, AL 701 x 108 kmotsm? ©. 185% 10% kmovsan? A B. 9.84 x 10° kmol/s-m? 2.24 x 10 kmol/s-m? AL 64, The traction of resistance due othe membrane, assuming zero resistance onthe permeate side is A 875% B, 66.7% ©. 75.0% D. 80.0% D2. 65. in & countercurrent ges absorber, both the operating and equilibrium relations are linear: The inlet liquid composition and exit as composition are mainsined constant In order to increase the absorption factor ‘A he lquid low rae should Becrease B. the gas low ae shoul ine C. the slope ofthe et me Nhould iprease D. the slope ofthe euilibrum line should decrease 66. A packed lower conning Bert saddles is operated with gas-guid sytem inthe countereurent mode. Keeping he gus ow rate constant ihe lil low rates conituously increased, boB 67. 6, m. a 2 n m4, 15, 16, T cy 7, CHEL98D ‘Chemical Engineering Principles seta the void fraction available forthe gas to flow will decrease beyond the loading point. the gas pressure drop will decrease, liguid witl continue to flow freely down the tower beyond the losding point the entrainment of liquid in the gas will considerably decrease near the flooding point. AA batch distilation operation is carried out to separate a feed containing 100 moles of binary mixture of A and BB. The mole fraction A inthe feed is 0.79. "The cisillation progresses until the mote fraction of Ain the residue ‘decreases to 0.6. The equilibrium curve in this composition range may be linearized to y = 0.7353x + 0.3088. Here x and y are mole fractions of the more volatile component inthe liquid and vapor phases, respectively ‘The numbet of moles of residue is Gwgety A 7383 By 4802 ©. 4000 D. 3024 2 pope For questions 68 - 69: Alcohol vapor (0.1 mole fraction is to be removed from a stream of carbon dioxide. Water forthe absorption contains 0.0001 mole fraction of alcohol, A total of 227 moles gas stream is to be treated per hour. The equilibrium retaionship for alcohol and water is given by ¥= 1,9682X. ‘What isthe minimum liquid (water) required per hour for 98% recovery? A. 312 moth ‘©. 240 mol/m B. 231 mol D. 351 mo\m How many theoretical plates would be required fr 98% absorption a igi rate of 1.5 times the minimum? AT B. 6 cu a) tis defined as the gross energy (kWhiton of feed) needed to reduce large-sized feed to such a size that 80% of the product passes 3 100-micron screen ‘Bond energy XC. work index B. Rittinger's index D. impact energy ‘Which ofthe following is best fr removal of tiny slid impurities from liquid? ‘A. vacuum filation SC. coagulation 1B. centrifugal filtration He screening Inplote-and-trame filtration, the rate of washing the cae is AL twice B12 qe “Mesh numberof screens indicate the numberof openings per ‘A. linear inch, C. inear cemimetr. BL square inch. D. square centimeter. Estimate he critical speed ofa ball milf the radi ofthe ball mill and the ball are 3m and 20 em, respectively? A. 0.09 rads C. 022 rads i B. 0.15 rad’s D. 030rads —o: ¥/ Which mode of heat transfer i sustained by atomic or molecular activity? A. conduction C. forced convection B. natuzal convection D. radiation ‘The wall of a furnace is constructed from 0.15-m thick brick having a thermal conductivity of 1.7 W mn! K" ‘At steady-sicady the temperatures of the inner and outer surfaces are 2060"F and 16L0°E, respectively. What isthe rate of heat loss through a wall that is 0.§ m by 1.2 mana side? A. 1700. 3060, W B 2833 W D. 5508 W ‘The hot gases from a furnace are separated from the ambient air and its surroundings, which are at 25°C, by a brick wall 0.15 m thick. The brick has a surface emissivity of 0.81 and a thermal conductivity of 1.15 W m" KC. Under steady state conditions the outer surface temperature is 120°C. Free convection heat transfer conte fre ahng he eure 25 W mK. Wht ie emer ate ae sce? A. 486°C B 6IZc ©. ease sac ‘The radial heat transfer __ through a thick-walled hollow eylinder is proportional to the __ area of the cevlinder's wal ‘A. rae ..geomettic mean tate. ogaithmie mean B, flux ~ geometric mean flux logarithmic mean Natural convection is characterized by A. Grashof number. Reynolds number. B, Peclet number D. Prana num Which of the following is most likly the effet of lowering the temperature ofthe fee to the evaporator? A decteased heatingarearequtement —C,_reduced steam requirement Y% B. reduced economy D. increased eapacty 45 +E vy8. Three mat CHE198D ‘Chemical Engineering Principles Seta als A,B, and Co thermal conductivity 23, 47, and 81 WinvK, respectively, ar joined together inseies. The respective thickness ar 050, 075, and 1.0 meter. Estimate the overall eataranser coefficient forthe system A. 4127 WiaeK ©. 2094 WineK B. 36.67 Wim?*K Sy 19.98 Wim*K_ For questions 82 - 84: ‘A steal pipe (thickness = 0.5 em, OD =0.051 m) is insulated with 0.0064-m thick asbestos (k= 0.166 WimK) followed a 0.00254-m layer of fiber pass (k = 0.0485 Wim-k). The fluid inside the pipe is at 315.6 K; at this condition h=500 W/m™K. Outside, the temperature of the ats 265 K, where = 100 W/mK. The resistance ofthe see pipe i negligible nay [Neglecting radiation the hes oss is AL 64S W B.763W c. 983. D. 189 The overall hetsransfer coefficient based on ouside surace area is ANG Wim 11.7 Wink K B. 218 Wink “A on2winek — 0-96 ‘What isthe temperature atthe interface of pipe and asbestos? ow MaK B, 311K ©. 350K D. 332K Which ofthe following defines Lewis number? Neck BP ©. Dap Bits Das Se Ti 3 ES Which of the following is an example of liquid-film-contolied absorption? A. absorption offearbon dioxide in water 0) “B- absorption of ammonia in water ‘C._ absorption of carbon dioxide in aqueous calcium hydroxide. D. absorption of $0s in concentrated sulfuric acd solution 7. What isthe gradient in momentum transport? ‘A. shear rae C. Kinematic viscosity B. shear stress . apparent viscosity ‘Water (viscosity = 1 eP, density = 1000 kg/m’) is owing in a 4° schedule 40 pipe. The flow is measured by 1 squace-edged orifice of diemeter 5 em. For a height differential of 2.6 em in the manometer atached across the orifice, calculate the velocity atthe orifice, A. 0.28:mi5 “Bo 0.46 mis C108 mis D. 133 mis ‘Whats the coefficient of discharge fora 2-in square-edged circular orifice where flow Reynolds number is 400 and mainline diameter is 4 inches? A. 061 B 067 con D. 0.80 ‘The flow Reynolds number of a fluid through a smooth pipe is 400,000 and the velocity at the center, as measured by & ptot we, i § m/s. What isthe erage velocity of the fuig inthe pipe? N 68ms B74 mis ©. 80mis D. 94m ‘Which of the following valves eannot be used for throttling service? A. globe valve angle valve BL needle valve D. gate valve Pump B is dynamically similar to pump A> However, the impeller diameter of pump B is twice that of A and the density of the fluid in pump B is 1.2 times that in A. What is the ratio ofthe power requirement of pump B B. 192 © 96 48 ‘Ata sudden enlargement ina pipe, the pressure rise is maximum when theiameter of the larger pipe is_ times the fixed diameter ofthe smaller pipe. AB B12 om D2 For questions 94 -9 Untefined oil whose density and kinematic viscosity are 920 kg/nand 0.002 mis, respectively, is pumped through a75-m long 4-n ID pipe. The pump requires 3 KW power and its elicieney is 70%. ‘What i the average velocity ofthe oil? A. 5.96 mis C. 2.65 mis Be 244 ms D. 7.02 mis