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Process Variables Problem Set

This document contains a problem set for a chemical engineering class. It includes 20 questions testing students' abilities to: - Perform unit conversions between English and SI units - Solve problems involving flow rates, molecular weights, and mass fractions of chemical mixtures - Use interpolation to determine unknown values The questions cover fundamental chemical engineering concepts like process variables, units, stoichiometry, and fluid flow measurements.

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Process Variables Problem Set

This document contains a problem set for a chemical engineering class. It includes 20 questions testing students' abilities to: - Perform unit conversions between English and SI units - Solve problems involving flow rates, molecular weights, and mass fractions of chemical mixtures - Use interpolation to determine unknown values The questions cover fundamental chemical engineering concepts like process variables, units, stoichiometry, and fluid flow measurements.

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Alangilan Campus

College of Engineering – Department of Chemical Engineering

PROBLEM SET No. 1


Measurements and Process Variables

Name: Date:
SR Code: Section:
Instructor: Engr. Caryll Joy C. Franco

Direction: Answer the following questions below. All answers should be in engineering lettering.
For problem-solving type of questions, NO SOLUTION, NO POINT. Round off your final answer to
two decimal places. Box your final answer.

1. Add 3 kg and 25g. (in grams)

2. Subtract 3m from 5 yards. (in meters)

3. Divide (3 m)3.5 by (2 m)0.5

4. Multiply 7 ft by 4 lb.

5. What is the value and unit of gc in the SI system?

6. Convert the following from English unit to SI units


a. 39 lbm/ft to kg/m

b. 0.5 lbm/(ft3)(s) to kg/(m3)(s)

7. Convert the following 8.13 × 10−3 g/(cm)(s) to lbm/(ft)(s)

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8. Convert 123 quartz to ft3

9. Convert 278 gal to m3

10. An orifice meter is used to measure the rate of flow of a fluid in pipes. The flow rate is
related to the pressure drop by the following equation Where u = fluid velocity

What are the units of c in the SI system of units?

11. The thermal conductivity k of a liquid metal is predicted via the empirical equation where
k is in J/(s)(m)(K) and A and B are constants. What are the units of A and B? Prove your
answer.

12. An example of a semiconductor is ZnS with a particle diameter of 26 nanometers. Convert this
value to (a) dm (decimeters) and (b) inches.

13. What is the potential energy in (ft)(1lbf) of a 150 lb drum hanging 5 ft above the surface of the
earth with reference to the surface of the earth?

14. Answer the following questions yes or no. Can you directly
a. divide ft by s?
b. divide m by cm?
c. multiply ft by s?
d. divide ft by cm?
e. divide m by (deg) K?
f. add ft and s?

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g. subtract m and (deg)
h. add cm and ft?
i. add cm and m2 ?
j. add 1 and 2 cm?

15. Is kg/s a basic or derived unit in SI?

16. Solve for the missing value using two point interpolation

T (oC) P (mmHg)
98.5 1
(a) 5
148.2 10
166.2 (b)
199.8 60

17. A steadily flowing stream of water is funneled into a graduated cylinder for exactly 30
seconds during which 50mL is collected. What is the volumetric flow rate of the stream?
The mass flow rate?

18. A mixture is 10mole% ethyl alcohol, 75mole% ethyl acetate (C4H8O2), and 15 mole %
acetic acid, calculate the mass fraction of each compound.

19. From the previous question, what is the average molecular weight of the mixture?

20. From question number 18, what would be the mass (kg) of a sample containing 25 kmol
of ethyl acetate? Assume 100 mol mixture.

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