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CHE211 Problem Set 5

This document contains 17 chemistry problems related to combustion reactions and gas mixtures. The problems involve calculating gas compositions, amounts of reactants and products, excess air amounts, and more. Specific calculations include determining mole fractions, mass percentages, and molar flow rates of components in gas mixtures and combustion products. Thermodynamic properties like cooling rates are also calculated in some problems.

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CHE211 Problem Set 5

This document contains 17 chemistry problems related to combustion reactions and gas mixtures. The problems involve calculating gas compositions, amounts of reactants and products, excess air amounts, and more. Specific calculations include determining mole fractions, mass percentages, and molar flow rates of components in gas mixtures and combustion products. Thermodynamic properties like cooling rates are also calculated in some problems.

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CHE211 BASIC PRINCIPLES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

2021- 2022 Fall Semester

PROBLEM SET 5

1. A simplified process for the production of SO 3 is illustrated in the following figure.Sulfur


is burned with 100% excess air in the burner,but for the reaction S + O 2 → SO2 , only 90%
conversion of the sulfur to SO2 is achieved. In the converter, the conversion of SO2 to SO3 is
95% complete. Calculate:
(a) The lb of air required per 100 lb of sulfur burned
(b) The concentrations in mole fraction of the components in the exit gas from the burner
and the converter.

Unburned sulfur

Sulfur
Converter
Burner

Air

2.Your company is burning a fuel which consists of nitrogen and CH4 (methane). The flue gas
analysis on dry basis shows 8.0% CO2, 0.2% CO, 6.0% O2 and the rest N2. Calculate:
(a) The analysis of the fuel
(b) The percentage of excess air

3. n-Hexane is burned with excess air. On a dry basis, the product gas contains 0.3% hexane,
7.6% oxygen, 9.1% carbon dioxide, and the balance nitrogen. Calculate the percent excess air
and the fractional conversion of hexane.

4. A waste stream from a plant contains 30% CH4, 10%CO2, 8%CO, 10% H2, 2%O2, 2%
H2S,2%H2O, 36% N2. This waste stream is burned in a flare with air. The Orsat analysis of
the exit gas shows 0.3%SO2 along with CO2, O2, and N2. Calculate the percent excess air and
the complete Orsat analysis.

5. A syntesis gas analyzing 6.4% CO2,0.2% O2,40.0 % CO, and 50.8%H 2 (the balance is
N2),is burned with 30% excess air. What is the composition of the flue gas?

6. Hydrogen - free carbon in the form of coke is burned:


a) With complete combustion using theoretical air
b) With complete combustion using 50% excess air
c) Using 50% excess air but with 10% of the carbon burning to CO only.
In each case calculate the gas analysis that will be found by testing the flue gases with an
Orsat apparatus.
7. A gas containing only CH4 and N2 is burned with air yielding a flue gas that has an Orsat
analysis of CO2:8.7%, CO: 1.0%, O2:3.8%, N2:86.5% . Calculate the percent excess air used
in combustion and the composition of the CH 4 - N2 mixture.

8. A gas with the following composition is burned with 50% excess air in a furnace .
What is the composition of the flue gas by percent?
CH4: 60%, C2H6. 20% , CO: 5%; O2: 5%; N2: 10%

9. Ethanol and the propionic acid are produced from glucose by the following reactions :
Reaction 1: C6H12O6 → 2C2H5OH + 2CO2
Reaction 2: C6H12O6 → 2C2H3CO2H + 2H2O

In a batch process , a tank is charged with 4000 kg of a 12% glucose / water solution.
After reaction 120 kg of carbon dioxide is produced together with 90 kg of unreacted glucose.
What are the weight percents of ethyl alcohol and propenoic acit remaining in the mixture?

10. A low-grade pyrite containing 32% S is mixed with 10 lb of pure sulfur per 100 lb of
pyrites so the mixture will burn readily, forming a burner gas that analyzes (Orsat) 13.4%
SO22.7% O2, and 83.9% N2. No sulfur is left in the cinder. Calculate the percentage of the
sulfur fired that burned to SO3. (SO3 is not detected by the Orsat analysis.)

11. Methane is burned with oxygen to yield carbon dioxide and water. The feed contains
20%CH4,20%CO2,, 60%O2 and a 90% conversion of the limiting reactent is achieved.
Calculate the molar composition of the product stream using (a) balances on molecular
species (b) atomic balances.

12. The product gas from a combustion reaction has the following dry-basis molar
composition: 80.35 % CO2, 4.73% CO, 0.033% SO2, 14.89% O2. Pure oxygen is fed to the
furnace in 10% excess of that required to burn the fuel completely. There is no oxygen in the
fuel. Calculate the elemental composition (Mole%of the various elements) of the fuel.

13. A fuel composed of ethane (C2H6 ) and methane (CH4 ) in unknown proportions is burned
in a furnace with oxygen enriched air (50.0 mole percent O2 ) . Your Orsat analysis is : 25%
CO2, , 60% N2, and 15% O2. Find:
(a) the composition of the fuel, that is , the mole percent methane in the methane- ethane
mixture
(b) The moles of oxygen enriched air used per mole of fuel

14. A power company operates one of its boilers on natural gas and another on oil. The
analysis of the fuels show 96% CH4 , 2% C2H2 and 2% CO2 for the natural gas and CnH1.8n
for the oil. The flue gases from both groups enter the same stack , and an Orsat analysis of this
combined flue gas shows 10.0% CO2 , 0.63% CO, and 4.55% O2. What percentage of the total
carbon burned comes from the oil?

15. A mixture of 75 mole% propane and 25 mole% hydrogen is burned with 25% excess air.
Fractional conversions of 90% of the propane and 85% of the hydrogen are achieved; of the
propane that reacts. 95% reacts to form CO2 and the balance reacts to form CO. The hot
combustion product gas passes through a boiler in which heat transferred from the gas
converts boiler feed water into steam. Calculate the concentration of CO in the stack gas.
16. A coal analyzing by mass 65.4% C, 5.3%H, 0.6% S, 1.1%N ,18.5% O and 9.1% ash is
burned in a combustion chamber. Ash is the non-combustible solid portion of the coal. The
flue gas analyzes 13.0 % CO2, 0.76 % CO , 6.17 % O2 , 0.87 % H2 and 79.2 % N2 by mole.
All of the S burns to SO2 which is included in the CO2 percentage in the gas analysis (
i.e. CO2 + SO2 =13% ). S=32 Calculate : a) kg of coal fired per 100 kg mol of dry flue gas
as analyzed b) ratio of moles of total combustion gases to moles of dry air supplied c) percent
excess air d) partial pressure of water vapor in wet stack gas

17.

50.3 mol/s n-Hexane (v)


Condenser Air (v)
10 0C, 1 atm
mol frac.
n-Hexane (v) 0.178
Air (v)
100 0C, 1 atm

n-Hexane (l)
10 0C, 1 atm

A mixture of n-Hexane and Air is fed to a condenser at a rate of 50.3 mol/s at 100
0
C and 1 atm. The mole fraction of hexane in this mixture is 0.178. In the condenser gas
mixture is cooled at constant pressure and 60% of the hexane condensed. The exit
temperature of both condensed liquid and vapor side is 10 0C. Calculate;
(a) the molar flow rates of two exit streams (b) the required cooling rate in kW.
Note: When necessary, Cp will be taken as Cp = a + b T.

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