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This document contains the homework assignment for an Introduction to Chemical Engineering course. The homework is due on December 21st, 2015 and contains 4 questions. Question 1 asks students to calculate the maximum elevation of a piston containing air at atmospheric pressure and 250C if 100 J of work is used to raise it vertically. Question 2 asks students to determine the power needed to maintain 10 kg of steam at 3000 kPa and 600 K if it is losing 2050 kJ/hr to surroundings. Question 3 asks students to determine the temperature in an insulated tank containing saturated steam at 1 atm after it connects to a steam line at 3.4 atm and 144°C. Question 4 asks students to write the simplified energy balance for two processes involving

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Homework7 2 December 2015

This document contains the homework assignment for an Introduction to Chemical Engineering course. The homework is due on December 21st, 2015 and contains 4 questions. Question 1 asks students to calculate the maximum elevation of a piston containing air at atmospheric pressure and 250C if 100 J of work is used to raise it vertically. Question 2 asks students to determine the power needed to maintain 10 kg of steam at 3000 kPa and 600 K if it is losing 2050 kJ/hr to surroundings. Question 3 asks students to determine the temperature in an insulated tank containing saturated steam at 1 atm after it connects to a steam line at 3.4 atm and 144°C. Question 4 asks students to write the simplified energy balance for two processes involving

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Department of Chemical Engineering

Course: Introduction to Chemical Engineering (CME 115)


Homework 7
Due: Tuesday, 21st December, 2015
Only discipline and hardwork can bring you genuine success
Anonymous
Question 1
A vertical cylinder capped by a piston weighing 990 g contains 100 g of air at 1 atmosphere and
250C. Calculate the maximum possible final elevation of the piston if 100 J of work is used to
raise the cylinder and its contents vertically. Assume that all of the work goes into raising the
piston.
Question 2
A large high pressure tank contains 10 kg of steam. In spite of the insulation on the tank it loses
2050 kJ/hr to the surroundings. How many kW are needed to maintain the steam at 3000 kPa and
600 K.
Question 3
An insulated tank having a volume of 1.416 m 3 contains saturated steam at 1 atm. It is connected
to a steam line maintained at 3.4 atm and 144oC. Steam flows slowly into the tank until the
pressure reaches 3.4 atm. What is the temperature in the tank at that time? Hint: use the steam
tables in the CD to make this an easy problem.
Question 4
Write the simplified energy balance for the following processes:
a. A fluid flows steadily through a poorly designed coil in which it is heated from 170 0
to 2500F. The pressure at the coil inlet is 120 psia, and at the coil outlet is 70 psia. The
coil is of uniform cross section, and the fluid enters with a velocity of 2 ft/sec.
b. A fluid is allow to flow through a cracked (slightly opened) valve from a region
where its pressure is 200 psia and 6700F to a region where its pressure is 40 psia, the
whole operation being adiabatic.

Instructor: Ing. Osei-Wusu Achaw, Ph.D.

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