2022-2023 Fall Term ENVE 305

HW-2-GAS CONTROL
Due Date: December 30th
Return In Hard Copy

1. (25)Using the method of Lee et al., predict the temperature required in an isothermal plug
flow incinerator to reduce the benzene (C6H6) level in a waste gas from 1000 ppm to 10 ppm.
Assume a residence time of 0.5 sec.

2. (25)Calculate the stoichiometric amount of ammonia needed to achieve 50% removal

efficiency of NO. Inlet NO concentration is 1500 ppm in a flue gas flowing at 10,000 actual
m3/min at 300 °C and 1 atm. Give your result in kg NH3/day. Use the equation of SNCR
reaction below:
4 NO + 4 NH3 + O2 ‐> 4 N2 + 6 H2O

3. (50) A 300 cfm stream of an air‐SO2 mixture containing 16.2% SO2 by volume at 68 °F and 1.0
atm is to be scrubbed with water in a countercurrent packed tower for the purpose of
recovering 95% of the SO2. The tower operates at constant temperature.

Equilibrium data

Liquid mole fraction of SO2 0.0014 0.0028 0.0056 0.00840 0.0139

Mole fraction of SO2, in gas phase 0.034 0.078 0.162 0.251 0.442

a) Draw the equilibrium line (10)

b) Determine the inlet and outlet mole fractions in water and air (10)
c) Draw the minimum operating line (15)
d) Calculate the minimum water requirement. (15)