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This document contains 10 chemistry problems involving chemical process calculations. Problem 1 involves calculating the amount of water lost due to evaporation, crystals formed, and mother liquor remaining when sodium sulfate solution is cooled and crystallizes. Problem 2 involves calculating the quantity of crystals formed and water evaporated when calcium carbonate is recovered from an aqueous solution by evaporation and cooling.

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This document contains 10 chemistry problems involving chemical process calculations. Problem 1 involves calculating the amount of water lost due to evaporation, crystals formed, and mother liquor remaining when sodium sulfate solution is cooled and crystallizes. Problem 2 involves calculating the quantity of crystals formed and water evaporated when calcium carbonate is recovered from an aqueous solution by evaporation and cooling.

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CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONS

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS ON UNIT III


1. A crystallizer is charged with 7500 kg of aqueous solution of sodium sulphate at
373 K containing 30 !y weight of salt. "he solution is cooled to #$3 K. 5 of
the original water is lost due to e%aporation. &a
#
'(
)
.10*
#
( crystallizes out. "he
solu!ility is 1$.) kg of &a
#
'(
)
in 100 kg water at #$3K. +alculate ,i- "he amount
of water lost !y e%aporation ,ii- the amount of crystals formed and ,iii- the
amount of mother liquor lea%ing.
#. An aqueous solution of &a
#
+(
3
contains 15 car!onate !y weight. .0 of the
car!onate is reco%ered as &a
#
+(
3
. 10*
#
( !y e%aporation of water and su!sequent
cooling to #73 K. the solu!ility of &a
#
+(
3
at #73 K is $ ,weight-.(n the !asis
of 100 kg of solution treated/ determine the following/ ,i- the quantity of crystals
formed and ,ii- the amount of water e%aporated.
3. 0n order to carry out nitration reaction1 it is desired to ha%e a mi2ed acid
containing 3$ *&(
3
1 )# *
#
'(
)
and 1$ *
#
( ,!y weight-. &itric acid of
3..3 strength ,!y weight- is readily a%aila!le. +alculate ,i- 4equired strength of
sulphuric acid to o!tain the a!o%e mi2ed acid. ,ii- "he weight ratio of nitric acid
to sulphuric acid to !e mi2ed.
). #000 kg of wet solids containing 70 solids !y weight are fed to a tray dryer
where it is dried !y/ hot air. "he product finally o!tained is found to contain 1
moisture !y weight1 calculate ,a- kg of water remo%ed from wet solids ,ii- kg of
product o!tained.
5. 'oy!ean seeds are e2tracted with he2ane in !atch e2tractors. "he flaked seeds are
found to contain 1..3 oil1 3$ solids and 1#.) moisture ,!y weight-. At the
end of the e2traction process1 cake is separated from he2ane oil mi2ture. "he cake
is analyzed to contain 0.. oil1 .7.7 solids and 11.5 moisture ,!y weight-.
5ind the percentage reco%ery of oil.
3. +ar!on tetrachloride is made as follows6 +'
#
73+l
#
8 ++l
)
7 '
#
+l
#
"he product gases are found to contain #3.3 ++l
)
1 #3.3 '
#
+l
#
1 1.) +'
#
and
3# +l
#
,mole -. +alculate ,i- the percentage of the e2cess reactant used. ,ii-
"he percentage of con%ersion and ,iii- kg of ++l
)
produced per 100 kg of +l
#
con%erted.
7. 100 kmol of propane are fed to a com!ustion furnace along with )#.) kmol of air.
&ot all the propane is !urned in the furnace and !oth +( and +(# are formed. 0f
it is possi!le to do so without additional information1 calculate the percent e2cess
air supplied/ if more information is needed1 state what it is.
.. A catalytic reactor is used to produce formaldehyde from methanol. A single pass
con%ersion of 70 is achie%ed in the reactor. "he methanol is seaparated and
recycled to the reactor. +alculate the required feed rate of methanol in kmol9hr for
500 kg9hr of formaldehyde produced.
$. +ar!on mono2ide com!ines with chlorine in the presence of a suita!le catalyst to
form phosgene according to the following reaction. +( 7 +l
#
8 +(+l
#
. After
reaction1 the products contain 1# moles of phosgene1 3 moles of chlorine and .
moles of +(. calculate ,i- the percent e2cess reactant used ,ii- the percent
con%ersion of the limiting reactant and ,iii- the mole of the total product per mole
of the reactant mi2ture fed to the reactor.
10. A producer gas contains +(
#
:$.# 1 +
#
*
)
: 0.) 1 +(:#0.$ 1 *
#
; 15.31 +*
)
:1.$1 &
#
; 5#. <hen it is !urnt1 the products of com!ustion are found to
contain +(
#
; 10.. 1 +(: 0.)1 (
#
; $# 1 &
#
:7$.3. +alculate ,i- m
3
of air
used per m
3
of producer gas ,ii- e2cess air and ,iii- &itrogen that has come
from producer gas.

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