Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, UKM

KKPK1233
Chemical Engineering Principle II
Semester 2 2023/2024
Tutorial 2
27th May 2024

1) The dehydrogenation of ethanol to form acetaldehyde is carried out in a continuous adiabatic

reactor. Ethanol vapor is fed to the reactor at 400°C, and a conversion of 30% is obtained.
Calculate the product temperature.

𝐶2 𝐻5 𝑂𝐻(𝑣) → 𝐶𝐻3 𝐶𝐻𝑂(𝑣) + 𝐻2 (𝑔)

2) Use Hess’s law to calculate the standard heat of the water-gas shift reaction

𝐶𝑂(𝑔)+𝐻2 𝑂(𝑣) → 𝐶𝑂2 (𝑔) + 𝐻2 (𝑔)

From each of the two sets of data given here.

a)

𝐶𝑂(𝑔)+𝐻2 𝑂(𝑙) → 𝐶𝑂2 (𝑔) + 𝐻2 (𝑔) ̂𝑟0 = +1226 𝐵𝑇𝑈/𝑙𝑏 − 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒

∶ ∆𝐻
𝐻2 𝑂(𝑙) → 𝐻2 𝑂(𝑔) ∶ ∆𝐻̂𝑟0 = +18935 𝐵𝑇𝑈/𝑙𝑏 − 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒
b)

𝐶𝑂(𝑔)+0.5 𝑂2 (𝑙) → 𝐶𝑂2 (𝑔) ̂𝑟0 = −121,740 𝐵𝑇𝑈/𝑙𝑏 − 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒

∶ ∆𝐻
𝐻2(𝑔)+0.5 𝑂2 (𝑙) → 𝐻2 𝑂(𝑔) ̂𝑟0 = −104,040 𝐵𝑇𝑈/𝑙𝑏 − 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒
∶ ∆𝐻

3) Methane is burned with 25% excess air in a continuous adiabatic reactor. The methane enters
the reactor at 25°C and 1.10 atm at a rate of 5.5 L/s, and the entering air is at 150°C and 1.1
atm. Combustion in the reactor is complete, and the reactor effluent gas emerges at 1.05 atm.
Calculate
a) the temperature
b) the degrees of superheat of the reactor effluent. (Consider water to be the only
condensable species in the effluent.)
4) Lime (calcium oxide) is widely used in the production of cement, steel, medicines, insecticides,
plant and animal food, soap, rubber, and many other familiar materials. It is usually produced
by heating and decomposing limestone (CaCO3), a cheap and abundant mineral, in a
calcination process:

𝐶𝑎𝐶𝑂3 (𝑠) → 𝐶𝑎𝑂(𝑠) + 𝐶𝑂2 (𝑔)

Limestone at 25°C is fed to a continuous calcination reactor. The calcination is complete, and
the products leave at 900°C. Taking 1 metric ton (1000 kg) of limestone as a basis and
elemental species [Ca(s), C(s), O2(g)] at 25°C as references for enthalpy calculations, prepare
and fill in an inlet–outlet enthalpy table and prove that the required heat transfer to the
reactor is 2x7 106 kJ.