Assignment No-4

Chemical Process Calculation

Course Coordinator: Dr Sachin Mandavgane
Composed By: Vishal Singh Chauhan (3rd Yr, Chemical Eng.)

Topic: Humidity and Saturation

1. The vapour pressure of acetone at 285 K is 16.82 KPa. For a mixture of nitrogen gas saturated with the vapours of
acetone at 285 K and 101.3 kPa, calculate
(a) The mole percent of acetone in the mixture
(b) The percent composition by weight of acetone
(c) The mole ratio of acetone in the mixture
(d) The weight ratio of acetone in the mixture
(e) The amount of vapour in kilograms per m³ of the mixture
2. A mixture of benzene vapour and nitrogen gas at 105 kPa and 330 K contains benzene vapour to the extent that it
exerts a partial pressure of 15 kPa. The vapour pressure of benzene is given by the Antoine equation

In pS = 13.8858 – 2788.51
T-52.36
Determine the following:
(a) The mole fraction of benzene in the mixture
(b) The weight fraction of benzene in the mixture
(c) The molal humidity
(d) The absolute humidity
(e) The molal saturation humidity
(f) The absolute saturation humidity
(g) The mass of benzene in 100 m³ of the mixture
(h) The percent humidity
(i) The percent relative humidity
3. A mixture containing benzene vapour and nitrogen in the weight ratio 0.1790:1 is found to have
a percent humidity of 40 % at 101.325 kPa. What is its relative humidity?
4. Moist air contains 0.025 kg water vapour per cubic metre of the mixture at 313 K and 101.3 kPa. Calculate the
following:
The partial pressure of water vapour
(a) The relative saturation
(b) The absolute humidity of the air
(c) The percent saturation
(d) The temperature to which the mixture be heated so that its percent saturation becomes 10%
5. Air at 298 k,55% saturated with water vapour, is initially at 100 kPa.It is then compressed to
1000 kPa and cooled to a temperature so that 90% 0f the water vapour is condensed. Calculate
the following:
(a) The final temperature of the air
(b) The volume of final air per cubic metre of original air
The vapour pressure of water (kPa) is given by the Antoine equation as

In pS = 16.26205 – 3799.887
T-46.854
6. A mixture of acetone vapour and air contains 8.3% acetone by volume. Determine the dew
point of the mixture if
(a) The temperature and pressure are 300 K and 100 kPa
(b) The temperature and pressure are 310 K and 90 kPa
The vapour pressure of acetone (kPa) is given by the Antoine equation with constans, A=14.39155, B = 2795.817
and C = 43.190.
7.The dew point of a mixture of benzene vapour and dry air at 303 K and 100 kPa is found to be 288 k. The vapour pressure
of benzene at 288 k Is 7.8 kPa and at 303 K is 15.8 kPa. Determine the following:
a. The absolute humidity and molal absolute humidity of the mixture
b. The composition of the mixture in volume percent and weight percent
c. The relative saturation and the percent saturation