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IV-B.Tech. II-Semester Examination April, 2003 1
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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2. Using Euler’s method, solve y = x+2y; y(0) in the range 0≤x≤1, with step size
h = 0.25.
7.a) Illustrate continuous and discontinuous functions with the shapes of their curves.
b) Find the minimum of the expression
y = 10x3-4x2+3x-1 if -5≤x10
by the analytical method.
8. Minimize y = (2x-9)2
0 < x < 10
for 6 Fibonacci experiments. Set No.
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Code No.420803
IV-B.Tech. II-Semester Examination April, 2003
2
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. Solve the following equations using Cramer’s rule:
x+3y+6z = 2; 3x-y+4z = 9; x-4y+2z = 7.
5. At 600K the reversible gas-phase reaction C2H4 +Br2 ↔ C2H4Br2 has the rate
constants k1=500 lit/gmol.hr, k2=0.032hr-1, fractional change in the volume(εA =-
0.7). Initial molar ratio of Br2 and C2H4 (M) is equal to 2.0. Find the equilibrium
conversion using Regular falsi method.
6. During the protein estimation by the Lowrys method using spectrophotometer the
following data were obtained
mg of protein (X) 0 1 3 4 6 8 9 11
Absorbancy (Y) 0 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.8
1 2 4 5 6 7
Use the least square regression to fit a straight line to the above data.
2. Give the algorithm for the solution of differential equation of the form dy/dx =
f(x,y) using Euler’s method.
6. During the batch growth of micro organisms the following data were obtained
(Contd…2)
Code No.420803 -2- Set No.3
7.a) Give mathematical definitions and show the shape of curves for convex, concave
and convex-concave functions.
b) Express mathematically which of these functions are convex, concave and
convex-concave:
i) f(x) = 2x2
ii) f(x) = -2x2
iii) f(x) = x3-3x2.
Code No.420803
IV-B.Tech. II-Semester Examination April, 2003
4
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. Solve the following equations using Cramer’s rule:
x2z3/y = e8; y2z/x = e4, x3y/z4 = 1.
2. Using simple Euler’s method solve for y at x = 0.1 from dy/dx = x+y+xy,
y(0) = 1, taking step size h = 0.025.
6. A new microorganism has been discovered which at each cell division yields three
daughter cells. The growth rate data during the batch cultivation is given below:
Time(t),h 0 .5 1 1.5 2.0
Dry wt(x),g/l 0. 0 0 0 0.51
1 .15 .23 .34
Fit the above data using least square regression in the exponential growth model
x=a.ebt where a and b are constants.
7. Find the minimum and the range of optimum for the function
y = (2x-90)2 using direct search with appropriate step size.