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Fluid Dynamics and Gas Law Calculations

This document contains three chemistry problems involving gas behavior: 1) Calculating the velocity of air flowing through a smaller pipe given its initial conditions. 2) Using the ideal gas law to calculate the pressure of a tank containing carbon dioxide. 3) Calculating properties of flue gas from combustion including volumes of products and total volume given composition and conditions of the natural gas fuel and excess air used.

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Fluid Dynamics and Gas Law Calculations

This document contains three chemistry problems involving gas behavior: 1) Calculating the velocity of air flowing through a smaller pipe given its initial conditions. 2) Using the ideal gas law to calculate the pressure of a tank containing carbon dioxide. 3) Calculating properties of flue gas from combustion including volumes of products and total volume given composition and conditions of the natural gas fuel and excess air used.

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2011 CET tutorial2/ 03/08/2011

1. A stream of air enters a 5cm ID pipe at a velocity of 60 m/s at 27C 1.5 bar (gauge).
At a point downstream, the air flows through a 2.5 ID pipe at 60C and 1.20 bar
(gauge). What is the velocity of the gas at this point?

2 You have 4.536 Kg of CO
2
in a 20 ft
3
at 30
0
C. Assuming that the ideal gas law holds.
What will the pressure gauge on the tank read in a test to see if the extinguisher is
full?

3. A furnace is fired with a natural gas with the flow rate 29.2 m
3
/hr at 25C and 1 atm.
the composition of the gas is as follows: CH
4
80%, C
2
H
6
16%, O
2
2 %, CO
2
1% and
N
2
1% by volume. The exit flue gas temperature is 600F and pressure is 760 mmHg
absolute: 15% excess air was used and the combustion is complete. Calculate the
following:

a) Volume of CO2 produced per hour
b) Volume of H2O vapor produced per hour
c) Volume of N2 produced per hour
d) Total volume of the flue gas produced per hour
e)
2011 CET tutorial3
Calculate the pressure (in Kpa) of 10kg mol of ethane (C
2
H
6
) in a 4.86 m
3
vessel at 27C
using:
a) The ideal gas equation
c) Compare and comment on your answer

The avogadros constants are:
3 6 3
3 3
2 3
6
10 1 ; 33 . 101 1
06 . 82 ; 7 . 90 ;
) / (
10 24 . 9
cm m kPa atm
K gmol
atm cm
R
gmol
cm
b
gmol cm
atm
x a
= =
)
`

=
)
`

=
)
`

=

2. The vapor pressure of zinc in the range 600 to 985
o
C is given by the equation
10 . 8
6160
log
10
+ =
T
P

Where P = is vapor pressure, mmHg
T = temperature, K
Using Clausius Clapeyron equation (
2
303 . 2
) (log
RT
H
dT
p d V A
=
), estimate the latent heat
of vaporization of zinc ( V H A ) at its normal boiling point of 907
o
C

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