BIE 2115 Stochiometry – Homework 2 7-14.11.

2022

Q1- A wastewater containing 22% sludge by mass and balanced water is fed into the
evaporation-crystallization treatment tank. The process includes a system combined with
the recycle unit from the crystallization unit to fresh feed. Only water is removed from the
evaporator. 63.63% of the feeding water into the evaporator is removed from the top
stream. The top stream of the crystallizer has completely solid sludge at a flow rate of 20
kg/s. The bottom stream of the crystallizer, which contains 80% water and balanced
sludge, is separated/splitted into the recycled and purge stream. The ratio of the recycled
flow to the purge flow is 4 mole recycled stream/mole purge stream. Assume that 100 kg/s
of wastewater is fed. (30p)

1- What is the process flowchat of this treatment? (2p)

a) b)

c) d)

e)

2- What is the number of unknowns, number of independent equations and number of relations
for the overall process respectively? (2p)

a) 3-1-1 b) 2-2-0 c) 5-2-1 d) 3-2-0 e) 4-2-1

3- What is the number of unknowns, number of independent equations and number of relations in
evaporator respectively? (2p)

a) 3-1-1 b) 2-2-0 c) 5-2-1 d) 3-2-0 e) 4-2-1

4- What is the number of unknowns, number of independent equations and number of relations in
crystallizer respectively? (2p)

a) 3-1-1 b) 2-2-0 c) 5-2-1 d) 3-2-0 e) 4-2-1

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5- What is the number of unknowns, number of independent equations and number of relations in
splitter respectively? (2p)

a) 3-1-1 b) 2-2-0 c) 5-2-1 d) 3-2-0 e) 4-2-1

6- What is the number of unknowns, number of independent equations and number of relations in
the mixing point respectively? (2p)

a) 3-1-1 b) 2-2-0 c) 5-2-1 d) 3-2-0 e) 4-2-1

7- What is the DOF for overall, evaporator, crystallizer, splitter, mixing point respectively? (2p)

a) -1; 2; 5; 2; 1 b) -1; 2; 1; 1; -1 c) 0; 4; 2; 1; 2 d) 0; 2; 1; 1; 1 e) 0; 2; 2; 2; 1

8- What is the mass flow rate (kg/s) of the purged stream? (2p)

a) 10 kg/s b) 20 kg/s c) 40 kg/s d) 50 kg/s e) 70 kg/s

9- What is the mass flow rate (kg/s) of the top stream of evaporator (evaporated water)? (2p)

a) 10 kg/s b) 20 kg/s c) 40 kg/s d) 50 kg/s e) 70 kg/s

10- What is the mass flow rate (kg/s) of the recycled stream? (2p)

a) 10 kg/s b) 20 kg/s c) 40 kg/s d) 50 kg/s e) 70 kg/s

11- What is the mass flow rate (kg/s) of the bottom stream of crystallizer? (2p)

a) 10 kg/s b) 20 kg/s c) 40 kg/s d) 50 kg/s e) 70 kg/s

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12- What is the mass flow rate (kg/s) of the fed stream that enters the crystallizer? (2p)

a) 10 kg/s b) 20 kg/s c) 40 kg/s d) 50 kg/s e) 70 kg/s

13- What is the fraction of the water that enters the crystallizer? (1p)

a) 0.214 b) 0.429 c) 0.511 d) 0.571 e) 0.786

14- What is the fraction of the slugde that enters the crystallizer? (1p)

a) 0.386 b) 0.429 c) 0.511 d) 0.571 e) 0.632

15- What is the mass flow rate (kg/s) of the fed stream that enters the evaporator? (2p)

a) 70 kg/s b) 90 kg/s c) 140 kg/s d) 150 kg/s e) 170 kg/s

16- What is the fraction of the water that enters the evaporator? (1p)

a) 0.214 b) 0.429 c) 0.511 d) 0.571 e) 0.786

17- What is the fraction of the sludge that enters the evaporator? (1p)

a) 0.214 b) 0.429 c) 0.511 d) 0.571 e) 0.786

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Q2- To produce a ammonia, an inlet stream which contains 40 mole% nitrogen and balance
hydrogen is feed the reactor. The unbalanced ammonia formation reaction is shown below:
N2 + H2 → NH3
The percent conversion of the limiting reactant in the reactor is 70%. Assume that the inlet
stream is 1 kmol. (20p)

1- What is the balanced chemical equation for ammonia production? (1p)

a) N2 + H2 → NH3 b) N2 + 3H2 → 2NH3 c) 2N2 + 2H2 → NH3 d) N2 + 2H2 → 2NH3 e) 2N2 + 3H2 → 2NH3

2- What is the stoichiometric coefficients for consuming nitrogen and hydrogen for formed
ammonia respectively? (1p)

a) 2, 3, 1 b) 1, 3, 2 c) -1, -3, 2 d) 1, 1, 1 e) -1, -3, -2

3- What is the stoichiometric ratio for consuming nitrogen to hydrogen ? (1p)

a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1 d) 2 e) 3

4- What is the stoichiometric ratio for consuming nitrogen to formed ammonia? (1p)

a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1 d) 2 e) 3

5- What is the limiting reactant ? (1p)

a) N2 b) H2 c) NH3 d) NH e) N2H3

6- What is the excess reactant ? (1p)

a) N2 b) H2 c) NH3 d) NH e) N2H3

7- What is the percent excess of reactant in case that all limiting reactant is consumed? (Use
percent excecss formula!) (2p)

a) 40% b) 50% c) 60% d) 70% e) 100%

8- What is the amount of the converted hydrogen? (2p)

a) 0.54 kmol b) 0.42 kmol c) 0.34 kmol d) 0.28 kmol e) 0.14 kmol
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9- What is the amount of the converted nitrogen? (2p)

a) 0.54 kmol b) 0.42 kmol c) 0.34 kmol d) 0.28 kmol e) 0.14 kmol

10- What is the amount of the generated ammonia? (2p)

a) 0.54 kmol b) 0.42 kmol c) 0.34 kmol d) 0.28 kmol e) 0.14 kmol

11- What is the amount of the hydrogen in product stream? (1p)

a) 0.18 kmol b) 0.32 kmol c) 0.42 kmol d) 0.26 kmol e) 0.14 kmol

12- What is the amount of the nitrogen in product stream? (1p)

a) 0.18 kmol b) 0.32 kmol c) 0.42 kmol d) 0.26 kmol e) 0.14 kmol

13- What is the fractional convertion of the excess reactant? (2p)

a) 0.23 b) 0.46 c) 0.35 d) 0.14 e) 0.70

14- What is the yield of reaction (rate of formed desired product to fed reactant N2)? (2p)

a) 0.5 b) 0.7 c) 1.0 d) 1.2 e) 1.5

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Q3- A feed contains equimolar of acetylene (C2H2) and water (H2O) are sent to a reactor at a
rate of 24 mol/h to produce ethane (C2H6) following below unbalanced equations. After
the reaction 5 mol/h of C2H4, 5 mol/h of O2 and 1 mol/h of C2H5OH were found in the outlet
stream. (50p)

C2H2 + H2O → C2H4 + O2

C2H4 + H2O → C2H5OH
C2H5OH → C2H6 + O2

1- What is the extent of reaction equation for C2H2? (1p)

a) ni = 24 − ζ1 b) ni = 24 − ζ2 c) 5 = 12 − ζ1 d) ni = 12 − ζ1 e) ni = 12 − ζ2

2- What is the extent of reaction equation for H2O? (1p)

a) ni = 24 − ζ1 − ζ2 b) ni = 12 − ζ1 − ζ2 c) ni = 5 − ζ1 − ζ2 d) ni = 12 −ζ1 e) ni = 24 −ζ2

3- What is the extent of reaction equation for C2H4? (1p)

a) ni = 24 − ζ1 − ζ2 b) ni = 12 − ζ1 − ζ2 c) 5 = 0 + ζ1 + ζ2 d) 5 = 0 + ζ1 - ζ2 e) 5 = 0 + ½ζ1 + ½ζ3

4- What is the extent of reaction equation for O2? (1p)

a) ni = 24 − ζ1 − ζ2 b) ni = 12 − ζ1 − ζ2 c) 5 = 0 + ζ1 + ζ2 d) 5 = 0 + ζ1 - ζ2 e) 5 = 0 + ½ζ1 + ½ζ3

5- What is the extent of reaction equation for C2H5OH? (1p)

a) 1 = 0 + ζ2 - ζ3 b) 1 = 0 - ζ1 + ζ2 c) 1 = 0 + ζ1 + ζ2 d) 1 = 0 + ζ1 - ζ2 e) 1 = 0 + ½ζ1 + ½ζ3

6- What is the extent of reaction equation for C2H6? (1p)

a) ni = 0 - ζ3 b) ni = 0 + ζ3 c) 1 = 0 + ζ1 + ζ2 d) 1 = 0 + ζ1 - ζ2 e) ni = 0 + ζ1 + ζ3

7- What is the extent of reaction for the first reaction? (3p)

a) 2 mol b) 3 mol c) 6 mol d) 8 mol e) 11 mol

8- What is the extent of reaction for the second reaction? (3p)

a) 2 mol b) 3 mol c) 6 mol d) 8 mol e) 11 mol
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9- What is the extent of reaction for the third reaction? (3p)

a) 2 mol b) 3 mol c) 6 mol d) 8 mol e) 11 mol

10- What is the molar flow rate of C2H2 in the product stream by using extent of reaction method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

11- What is the molar flow rate of H2O in the product stream by using extent of reaction method? (2p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

12- What is the molar flow rate of C2H6 in the product stream by using extent of reaction method? (2p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

13- What is the molar flow rate of H2O in the product stream by using atomic species method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol
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14- What is the molar flow rate of C2H6 in the product stream by using atomic species method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

15- What is the molar flow rate of C2H2 in the product stream by using atomic species method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

16- What is the amount of consumed acetylene (ℜC2H2) from reaction 1 by using molecular
species method? (1p)
a) ℜC2H2 = (12 - nC2H2) b) ℜC2H2 = (nC2H6 - 0) c) ℜC2H2 = (12 - 0)
d) ℜC2H2 = (nC2H6 - 12) e) ℜC2H2 = (12 – nH2O) - (12 – nC2H2)

17- What is the amount of generated ethane (ℜC2H6) from reaction 3 by using molecular species
method? (1p)
a) ℜC2H6 = (12 - nC2H2) b) ℜC2H6 = (nC2H6 - 0) c) ℜC2H6 = (12 - 0)
d) ℜC2H6 = (nC2H6 - 12) e) ℜC2H6 = (12 – nH2O) - (12 – nC2H2)

18- What is the amount of consumed water (ℜH2O) from reaction 2 by using molecular species
method? (1p)
a) ℜH2O = (12 - nC2H2) b) ℜH2O = (nC2H6 - 0) c) ℜH2O = (12 - 0)
d) ℜH2O = (nC2H6 - 12) e) ℜH2O = (12 – nH2O) - (12 – nC2H2)
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19- What is the balance equation of ethylene (C2H4) by using molecular species method? (1p)
a) nC2H4 = n0C2H4 + (12 - nC2H2) - (nC2H2 - nH2O)
b) nC2H4 = (nC2H6 - 0) + (nC2H2 - nH2O)
c) nC2H4 = n0C2H5OH + (nC2H2 - nH2O) - (nC2H6)
d) nC2H4 = (nC2H6 - 12) + 2x(12 - nC2H2) + 2x(nC2H6)
e) nC2H4 = n0O2 + ½(12 - nC2H2) + ½(nC2H6)

20- What is the balance equation of ethylene (C2H5OH) by using molecular species method? (1p)
a) nC2H5OH = n0C2H4 + (12 - nC2H2) - (nC2H2 - nH2O)
b) nC2H5OH = (nC2H6 - 0) + (nC2H2 - nH2O)
c) nC2H5OH = n0C2H5OH + (nC2H2 - nH2O) - (nC2H6)
d) nC2H5OH = (nC2H6 - 12) + 2x(12 - nC2H2) + 2x(nC2H6)
e) nC2H5OH = n0O2 + ½(12 - nC2H2) + ½(nC2H6)

21- What is the balance equation of ethylene (O2) by using molecular species method? (1p)
a) nO2 = n0C2H4 + (12 - nC2H2) - (nC2H2 - nH2O)
b) nO2 = (nC2H6 - 0) + (nC2H2 - nH2O)
c) nO2 = n0C2H5OH + (nC2H2 - nH2O) - (nC2H6)
d) nO2 = (nC2H6 - 12) + 2x(12 - nC2H2) + 2x(nC2H6)
e) nO2 = n0O2 + ½(12 - nC2H2) + ½(nC2H6)

22- What is the molar flow rate of H2O in the product stream by using molecular species method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

23- What is the molar flow rate of C2H2 in the product stream by using molecular species method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol
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24- What is the molar flow rate of C2H6 in the product stream by using molecular species method? (3p)
a) 5 mol b) 4 mol c) 3 mol d) 2 mol e) 1 mol

25- What is the percent conversion of acetylene? (2p)

a) 57.5% b) 66.7% c) 75.5% d) 86.7% e) 92.1%

26- What is the selectivity for desired product C2H6 against undesired product C2H5OH? (2p)
a) 2.0 b) 1.7 c) 1.2 d) 1.0 e) 0.6