Code No: W0823/R07 Set No.

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, May 2010
CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. An aqueous solution of acetic acid is 35% conc. (by weight) has density 1.04 gm/cm
3
at 25
0
C. Find the mole fraction, molarity, normality and molality of the solution.
[16]
2. A volume of moist air of 0.792 cubic meters at a total pressure of 740 mmHg and
a temperature of 30
0
C contains water vapor in such proportions that its partial
pressure is 22 mmHg. Without the total pressure being changed, the temperature
is reduced to 15
0
C and some of the water vapor removed by condensation. After
cooling it is found that the partial pressure of water vapor is 12.7 mmHg. Using
partial pressure method, calculate:
(a) The volume of gas after cooling and
(b) The weight of water removed [16]
3. (a) Estimate the latent heat of vaporization of isobutyric acid at 200
0
C and the
vapor pressure data of isobutyric acid is as follows:
Pressure (atm) Temperature,
o
C
2 179.8
5 217.0
Write the assumptions involved to solve this problem
(b) Write short notes on reduced properties and explain how to evaluate these
properties from group contribution methods. [8+8]
4. An air (B) - water (A) sample has a dry bulb temperature of 50
0
C and a wet bulb
temperature of 35
0
C. Estimate any of its four properties at a total pressure of one
atm making use of humidity chart. [16]
5. (a) Soyabean seeds are extracted with hexane in batch extractors. The seeds
contain 18.6% oil, 69% solids and 12.4% moisture. At the end of the extraction
process, the residual cake is separated from hexane. The analysis of cake
reveals 0.8% oil, 87.7% solids and 11.5% moisture. Find the % recovery of oil.
(b) A multiple eect evaporator handles 100 ton/day of pure cane sugar. The feed
to the evaporator contains 30% solids. While the concentrate is leaving with
75% solids concentration, calculate the amount of water evaporated per day.
[8+8]
6. (a) A solution of sodium chloride in water is saturated at a temperature of 15
0
C.
Calculate the weight of NaCl that can be dissolved by 100 kg of this solution
if it is heated to 65
0
C.
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(b) Dene the following terms: [16]
Solute
Dissolution
Solubility
Crystallisation
7. Four kilograms of water at 27
0
C and 200 kpa is heated at constant pressure until
the volume of the water becomes 1000 times the original value. What is the nal
temperature of water. Use steam tables. [16]
8. (a) What is the heat of hydration.
(b) Dierentiate between heat of solution and heat of salvation.
(c) Dene standard integral heat of solution. How is it determined.
(d) Write on standard heat of combustion. [3+3+3+7]

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Code No: W0823/R07 Set No. 2
II B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, May 2010
CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. Antimony is obtained by heating pulverized stibnite (Sb2S3) with scrap iron and
drawing of the molten antimony from the bottom of the reaction vessel:
Sb
2
O3 + 3 Fe 2Sb + 3FeS
Suppose 0.6 kg of stibnite and 0.25 kg of iron turnings are heated together to give
0.2 kg of Sb metal. Calculate on mole basis-
(a) limiting reactant
(b) percent excess
(c) yield
(d) percent conversion
(e) the degree of completion Molecular weights: Sb
2
S
3
-339.7, Fe- 55.85, Sb-121.8
and FeS-87.91 [16]
2. (a) A gas mixture contains 0.1234 kg-mole of HCl ,0.153Kg-mole of nitrogen, and
0.04037 Kg-mole of oxygen .Calculate its density in kg/m
3
at a pressure of
1.72 atm and a temperature of 40
0
C
(b) State and prove law of Amagat [8+8]
3. (a) Discuss briey about equal temperature plots [10+6]
(b) Write short notes on eect of temperature and pressure on vapor pressure of
substances
4. (a) If the atmosphere in the afternoon during a humid period is at 32
0
C and 80
% RH (barometer reads 7.38 mm Hg) while at night it is at 20
0
C (barometer
reads 745 mm Hg), what percent of the water in the afternoon air is deposited
as dew at night?
(b) By absorption in silica gel you are able to remove all (0.93 kg) of the H2O
from moist air at 15
0
C and 98.6 kPa. The same air measures 1000 m
3
at 20
0
C
and 108.0 kPa when dry. What was the relative humidity of the moist air?
[16]
5. (a) Soyabean seeds are extracted with hexane in batch extractors. The seeds
contain 18.6% oil, 69% solids and 12.4% moisture. At the end of the extraction
process, the residual cake is separated from hexane. The analysis of cake
reveals 0.8% oil, 87.7% solids and 11.5% moisture. Find the % recovery of oil.
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(b) A multiple eect evaporator handles 100 ton/day of pure cane sugar. The feed
to the evaporator contains 30% solids. While the concentrate is leaving with
75% solids concentration, calculate the amount of water evaporated per day.
[8+8]
6. Methanol is produced by the reaction of CO with H
2
according to the equation .
CO + 2H
2
CH
3
OH
Only 15% of the CO entering the reactor is converted to methanol. The methanol
product is condensed and separated from the un-reacted gases, which are recycled.
The feed to the reactor contains 2 mole of H
2
for every mole of CO. The fresh feed
enters at 35
0
C and 300 atm. To produce 6,600 kg/hr of methanol calculate
(a) Volume of fresh feed gas and
(b) The recycle ratio. [16]
7. (a) Explain heat of fusion and heat of vaporization
(b) Explain heat of transition and internal energy [8+8]
8. (a) What is heat of hydration. [5+5+6]
(b) Dierentiate between heat of solution and heat of salvation.
(c) Calculate the standard heat of reaction of the following:
HCl (g) + NH
3
(g) = NH
4
Cl (s)
Standard heat of formation of HCl(g) H
f
= -22,063cal
Standard heat of formation of NH
3
(g), H
f
= -11,040cal
Standard heat of formation of NH4 Cl (s), H
f
= -75,380cal

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II B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, May 2010
CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. (a) A mixture of gases contains 10.5%CO
2
,13.0%Cl
2
,12.7%N
2
and balance is H
2
.
i. What is the average molecular weight of the gas?
ii. Calculate the gas composition as weight fractions.
(b) Prove that volumetric percent of gases is equal to mole percent
(c) Write short notes on basics of calculation [8+4+4]
2. (a) In the manufacture of HNO
3
initially NH
3
and air are mixed at 0.709 Mpa
and 923
0
K. The composition of the gas mixture is as follows.
N
2
=70.5%, O
2
= 18.8%, H
2
O = 1.2% and NH
3
= 9.5%
If the gas obeys ideal gas law, nd the density and specic gravity of the gas
mixture.
(b) Write short notes on dissociating with suitable examples [10+6]
3. (a) State and explain Raoults law. Discuss under which conditions this law valid.
(b) Write short notes on estimation of critical properties, it should include the
equations
[6+10]
4. An air (B) - water (A) sample has a dry bulb temperature of 50
0
C and a wet bulb
temperature of 35
0
C. Estimate any of its four properties at a total pressure of one
atm making use of humidity chart. [16]
5. In the common process for the production of nitric acid sodium nitrate is treated
with 95% H
2
SO
4
. In order that the resulting ?niter cake? may be uid, it is
desirable to use excess acid, so that nal cake contains 34% sulfuric acid. It may
be assumed that the cake will contain 1.5% water and that the reaction will go to
completion. 2% of HNO
3
formed will remain in the cake.
(a) Calculate the composition of niter cake by weight %, formed per 100 kg of
sodium nitrate charged.
(b) Calculate the weight of sulfuric acid to be used.
(c) Calculate the weight of HNO
3
and water vapor distilled from the niter cake.
[16]
6. Methanol is produced by the reaction of CO with H
2
according to the equation .
CO + 2H
2
CH
3
OH
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Only 15% of the CO entering the reactor is converted to methanol. The methanol
product is condensed and separated from the un-reacted gases, which are recycled.
The feed to the reactor contains 2 mole of H
2
for every mole of CO. The fresh feed
enters at 35
0
C and 300 atm. To produce 6,600 kg/hr of methanol calculate
(a) Volume of fresh feed gas and
(b) The recycle ratio. [16]
7. The heat capacity of carbon monoxide is given by the equation : Cp = 6.935 +
6.77 X 10
4
T + 1.3 X 10
7
T
2
where Cp in cal/gmol
0
C and the temperature in
0
C
What is the enthalpy change associated with heating carbon monoxide from 500
0
C to 1000
0
C. [16]
8. The sulphate process for the production of hydrochloric acid is described by follow-
ing reaction:2NaCl + H
2
SO
4
Na
2
SO
4
+ 2HCl . Calculate the heat of reaction
and the consumption of the coke oven gas for the production of 500 kg of HCl. The
heats of formation in MJ/kmol are NaCl = 410.9; H
2
SO
4
=811.3; Na
2
SO
4
=1384
and HCl = 92.3. The caloric value of coke oven gas is 19.0 MJ/m3 ; [16]

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Code No: W0823/R07 Set No. 4
II B.Tech I Semester Supplementary Examinations, May 2010
CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS
(Chemical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. If 5 kg of methanol and 2 kg of ammonia are reacted to form mono ethyl amine by
the reaction:
CH
3
OH +NH
3
CH
3
NH
2
+ H
2
O
(a) Which is the limiting reactant?
(b) What is the percent excess of other reactant?
(c) Find the degree of completion?
(d) If the conversion is 90% nd the composition of product stream? [16]
2. In the manufacture of HCl, a gas is obtained that contains 25% HCl and 75% air by
volume. This gas is passed through an absorption system in which 98% of the HCl
is removed. The gas enters the system at a temperature of 49
0
C and a pressure of
743 mm Hg and leaves at a temperature of 27
0
C and a pressure of 738 mm Hg.
(a) Calculate the volume of gas leaving per 100 m3 entering the absorption appa-
ratus.
(b) Calculate the percentage composition by volume of the gases leaving the ab-
sorption apparatus
(c) Calculate the weight of HCl removed per 100 m
3
of gas entering the absorption
apparatus. [16]
3. (a) Write short notes on Lennard ? Jones potential
(b) Explain corresponding states
(c) Write short notes on polarity of molecules [6+5+5]
4. Air at a temperature of 20
0
C and 750 mm Hg has a relative humidity of 80%
Calculate:
(a) The molal humidity of the air.
(b) The molal humidity of this air if its temperature is reduced to 10
0
C and
pressure increased to 2000 mm Hg condensing out some of the water and
(c) Weight of water condensed from 1000 litre of the original wet air. [5+5+6]
5. (a) Soyabean seeds are extracted with hexane in batch extractors. The seeds
contain 18.6% oil, 69% solids and 12.4% moisture. At the end of the extraction
process, the residual cake is separated from hexane. The analysis of cake
reveals 0.8% oil, 87.7% solids and 11.5% moisture. Find the % recovery of oil.
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(b) A multiple eect evaporator handles 100 ton/day of pure cane sugar. The feed
to the evaporator contains 30% solids. While the concentrate is leaving with
75% solids concentration, calculate the amount of water evaporated per day.
[8+8]
6. (a) A solution of sodium chloride in water is saturated at a temperature of 15
0
C.
Calculate the weight of NaCl that can be dissolved by 100 kg of this solution
if it is heated to 65
0
C.
(b) Dene the following terms: [16]
Solute
Dissolution
Solubility
Crystallisation
7. Toluene is heated from 290 0K to 350 0K at the rate of 0.2 kg/s. Calculate the
heat required to be added to toluene using the constants. a = 1.8083; b = 812.223
X 10
3
; c = -1512.67 X 10
6
; d = 1630.01 X 10
9
8. Calculate the values of change in enthalpy at 25
0
C for the reactions in the trans-
formation of glucose in an organism.
C
6
H
12
O
6
(s) 2C
2
H
5
OH(l) + 2CO
2
(g)
C
6
H
12
O
6
(s) + 6O
2
(g) 6 H
2
O (l) + 6CO
2
(g); which of these reactions supply
more energy to the organism. The standard enthalpies of formation of
C
6
H
12
O
6
(s), C
2
H
5
OH(l), 2CO
2
(g), H
2
O (l) are -1273, -277.6, -393.5, and -285.8
kJ/ mol, respectively. [16]

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