Scribd
Upload
42 views3 pages

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Tutorial

1. This document is a tutorial for a chemical engineering thermodynamics course. It contains instructions for students taking an exam, which will consist of two questions worth a total of 24 marks. 2. Question 1 involves explaining terms related to phase diagrams and azeotropes. Question 2 presents process data and asks students to determine temperature and pressure for a single-stage liquid/vapor separation, and to validate that modified Raoult's law applies. 3. Additional questions involve determining temperature ranges for two-phase formation given activity coefficient data, calculating flow rates and compositions leaving a partial condenser, and determining pressure and exit stream compositions for a flash separator operating at a specified temperature and liquid fraction.

Uploaded by

Muhammad Ariff
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
42 views3 pages

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Tutorial

1. This document is a tutorial for a chemical engineering thermodynamics course. It contains instructions for students taking an exam, which will consist of two questions worth a total of 24 marks. 2. Question 1 involves explaining terms related to phase diagrams and azeotropes. Question 2 presents process data and asks students to determine temperature and pressure for a single-stage liquid/vapor separation, and to validate that modified Raoult's law applies. 3. Additional questions involve determining temperature ranges for two-phase formation given activity coefficient data, calculating flow rates and compositions leaving a partial condenser, and determining pressure and exit stream compositions for a flash separator operating at a specified temperature and liquid fraction.

Uploaded by

Muhammad Ariff
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

CONFIDENTIAL TOT1/FEB2020/CHE553

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA


TUTORIAL 1

COURSE : CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS


COURSE CODE : CHE553
DATE : 25/2/2020
TIME : 1 WEEK

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This question paper consists of two (2) questions.

2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.

3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.

1.
Name:
2.
1
Student No.:
2
Group:

Question 1 /4
Question 2 a) / 10
Question 2 b) / 10
Marks:
Total / 24

Date of submission: 10th March 2017 before 5.00 pm


1. Using your own word, explain in detail the following item:

a. Three dimensional VLE phase diagram for a binary system

b. Azeotrope condition

2. A process stream contains light species 1 and heavy species 2. A relatively pure liquid stream
containing mostly species 2 is desired, obtained by a single-stage liquid/vapor separation. The

Date of submission: 10th March 2017 before 5.00 pm


equilibrium compositions are x1 = 0.002 and y1 = 0.950. Determine T(K) and P(bar) for the
separator. Assume that modified Raoult’s law applies. Use data given below. The calculated P
should validate this assumption.
For the liquid phase,

ln 1  0.93x22 ln  2  0.93x12


B
ln Pi sat  bar   Ai  i
T K 
A1  10.08, B1  2572, A2  11.63, B2  6254

3. A feed containing equimolar amounts of acetone(1)and acetonitrile(2) is throttled to pressure P


and temperature T. For what temperature range will two phases (liquid and vapor) be formed for
P = 1 bar. Assume that modified Raoult’s law applies. Activity coefficients are given by:

ln  1  Ax22 ln 2  Ax12 where A  2.573  0.00126T

(Show details calculation. Calculate pressure and temperature to two decimal places; A,  and
mole fraction to four decimal places. )

4. The stream from a reactor is a mixture of 388 kmol/h methane, 388 kmol/h propane and 55
kmol/h cyclohexane. This stream is fed into a partial condenser maintained at a pressure of 17
bar, where its temperature is brought to 30°C (303.15 K). Determine the flow rate of the vapor
that condenses and the compositions of the vapor phase leaving the condenser.

5. An equimolar stream containing ethanol and methanol is fed to a flash separator operating at 75 oC
(348.15 K). Assuming the fraction of liquid produced at the exit stream is 40% from the feed in one
mole basis,
a) Determine the pressure at which this separator should be operated. [Hint the pressure is
between 113 kPa and 115 kPa]
b) Determine the composition of liquid and vapor phases at the exit stream.

Date of submission: 10th March 2017 before 5.00 pm

You might also like