TUTORIAL 2

Non-reactive
Material Balance
of Single Unit
Process

QUESTION 4.10
300 gallons of a mixture containing 75 wt% ethanol and
25 wt% water (SGmixture=0.877) and a quantity of a 40 wt
% ethanol-60 wt% water mixture (SGmixture=0.952) are
blended to produce a mixture containing 60 wt%
ethanol. Determine V40, the required volume of the 40
wt% mixture.
(a)Draw and label the flowchart and do D-O-F analysis.
(b)Calculate V40

QUESTION 4.10
300 gallons of a mixture containing 75 wt% ethanol and
25 wt% water (SGmixture=0.877) and a quantity of a 40 wt
% ethanol-60 wt% water mixture (SGmixture=0.952) are
blended to produce a mixture containing 60 wt%
ethanol. Determine V40, the required volume of the 40
wt% mixture.
(a)Draw and label the flowchart and do D-O-F analysis.
(b)Calculate V40

QUESTION 4.15
A liquid mixture contains 60 wt% ethanol (E), 5 wt% of
dissolved solute (S), and the balance water (W). A stream of
this mixture is fed to a distillation column at steady state.
Product streams emerge at the top and bottom of the column.
Product streams have equal mass flowrates and the top stream
contain 90 wt% ethanol and no S.
(a)Assume basis, draw and label the flowchart and do D-O-F
analysis.
(b)Calculate mass fraction of S in the bottom stream
(c)Calculate the fraction (kg E in bottom stream/kg E in feed).

QUESTION 4.15
A liquid mixture contains 60 wt% ethanol (E), 5 wt% of
dissolved solute (S), and the balance water (W). A stream of
this mixture is fed to a distillation column at steady state.
Product streams emerge at the top and bottom of the column.
Product streams have equal mass flowrates and the top stream
contain 90 wt% ethanol and no S.
(a)Assume basis, draw and label the flowchart and do D-O-F
analysis.
(b)Calculate mass fraction of S in the bottom stream
(c)Calculate the fraction (kg E in bottom stream/kg E in feed).

QUESTION 4.16
Two aqueous sulfuric acid solutions containing 20 wt% H 2SO4
(SGmix=1.139) and 60 wt% H2SO4 (SGmix=1.498) are mixed to
form a 4.00 molar solution (SGmix=1.213).
(a)Calculate mass fraction of sulfuric acid in the product solution.
(b)Taking 100 kg of 20% feed as basis,draw and label the
flowchart and do D-O-F analysis.
(c)Calculate the feed ratio.
(d)What feed rate of 60% solution (L/h) would be required to
produce 1250 kg/h of product?

QUESTION 4.18
Wet sugar that contains one-fifth water by mass is conveyed
through evaporator in which 85% of the enetering water is
vaporized. Taking basis of 100 kg of feed;
(a)Calculate xw, the mass fraction of water in wet sugar leaving
the evaporator.
(b)Calculate ratio (kg H2O vaporized/kg wet sugar leaving the
evaporator).
(c)If 1000 tons/day of wet sugar is fed, how much additional
water must be removed from the outlet sugar to dry it
completely?
(d)What annual revenue could be expected if dry sugar sells for
$0.15/lbm?