Tutorial-II
Introduction to Chemical Engineering (CET-201)
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
Date: 06-11-2021
Note: Submission is not required.
1. The process shown underneath removes benzene from air by adsorption onto the
surfaces of porous solids called zeolites. The adsorption unit shown below has a
countercurrent flow of zeolites, and 1.00 kg zeolite can adsorb 0.10 kg benzene.
Stream 6 purges 2% of the zeolite in stream 5.
Calculate the flow rates of streams 4 and 8.
2. The chemical Q reacts to form Z. Unreacted Q is separated from Z and recycled to
the reactor. The feed contains an impurity, P, which is inert and is purged from the
system via stream 7. The splitter purges 5.0% of stream 5. Note that a mass balance
on Q must account for the Q that reacts to form Z. Likewise a mass balance on Z
must account for the Z formed from Q.
(a) Which stream has the highest flow rate of Q?
(b) Calculate the flow rate of product stream 4, in kg/min.
(c) Calculate the composition of purge stream 7.
(d) Calculate the flow rate and composition of stream 2.
3. Air at 95◦ F can hold a maximum of 3.52 wt% water, defined as 100% humidity at
95◦ F. On a hot humid day the temperature is 95◦ F and the air contains 3.20 wt%
water (90.9% humidity). The air is cooled to 68◦ F. Because air at 68◦ F can hold a
maximum of 1.44 wt% water (100% humidity at 68◦ F), water condenses from the air.
Hot, humid air (95◦ F, 90.9% humidity) flows into a cooler at a rate 154.0 kg/min.
Calculate the flow rates of the two streams leaving the cooler: (1) air at 68◦ F and
100% humidity and (2) the water condensed from the air.
4. Air can be dried by bubbling through sulfuric acid. The absorber below passes air
countercurrent to a sulfuric acid solution. 99.0 wt% sulfuric acid is added to the
recycled sulfuric acid solution to maintain a concentration of 94.0 wt% sulfuric acid
into the absorber.
(a) Calculate the flow rate and composition of the effluent, stream 4.
Page 2
(b) Calculate the flow rate and composition of the recycle, stream 5.
5. The separator shown below produces pure acetone from a mixture of acetone and
toluene.
(a) Derive an equation for the flow rate of stream 2 as a function of x.
(b) Check your equation at x = 0.50. Does your predicted flow rate for stream 2
seem correct?
(c) Check your equation at a different value of x. Choose a value of x that yields an
obvious answer for the flow rate of stream 2.
6. Water is used to cool a stream of cyclohexane (C6 H12 ) in the heat exchanger shown
below. The water is available at 10◦ C and the maximum discharge temperature is
30◦ C. What flow rate of cyclohexane can be accommodated with this unit? Assume
that the pressure in all streams is 1 atm.
Page 3
7. A stream of formula X is to be gently warmed to 80◦ C from 30◦ C. Because formula X
is heat-sensitive, the heating source must be exactly 100◦ C. The temperature of the
heating source is maintained by a steam/water mixture at 1 atm.
However, steam is available only at 360◦ C and 1 atm. The process below cools the
hot steam before using it to warm formula X.
(a) Calculate the flow rate of stream 6.
(b) What flow rate of formula X (stream 9) can be accommodated by this design?
(c) What is the flow rate of the water recycle, stream 7?
Page 4
8. Calculate the temperature of the stream leaving the mixer below.
Page 5
