Past Board Items

Note: Mga past board items to, diko na linagay kung what year mga lumabas (sorry halo halo na ). And di d
yung problems, keywords lang (kapoy encode and mas effective kasi pag nag looks fam),may iba na ma
number na nakalagay,yan yung item number nila sa Coulson (icheck niyo na lang para sure,halo halo na din kun
anong volume galing ). Yung ibang items from Hicks Handbook Of Mechanical Engineering, Therm
Smith, Elementary Principles OfChemical Processes (3rd Ed) by Felder And Rouseau, Basic Pri
Calculations in Chemical Engineering (7th Ed)by Himmelbl'u,Units Of Chemical Engineering (5t
McCabe, etc.. Yung may label na ^^*, meaning lumabas nung November 2018 na board Exam. Madami sourc
different schools,kinompile ko lang. Hehe.
AJA guys! Fighting!
-qnyy

Problem 16.7 (DRYING)

0.126 kg/s of a solid product containing 4% water... 42%, 40% RH.. preheater
Answer:
Case 1@ 294K:
Volume of air= 3.16 cu. meter/s
Heat required in the preheater= 276 kW
Case2@ 340K
Volume of air= 0.66 cu. meter/s
Heat added in the preheater= 31.0 kW
Total heat required= 242 kW
Problem 13.3 (LLE)
In the extraction of acetic acid from an aqueous solution with benzene... h= 1.4m, area= 0.0045 sq. meter.
Answer:
Acid transferred to the benzene phase= 4.275x10-8 kmol/s
Log mean driving force= 0.0087 kmol/cu. meter
HTU= 1.618 m
Problem 16.1 (DRYING)
A wet solid is dried from 25 to % moisture.... 15 kilo second(4.17 hour), Xc= 15% Xe=5%.
Answer:
Rate of drying in first period= 0.113 kg/s
Rate of drying in 2nd period= 0. 05 kg/s
Total drying time= 23.9 kilo second (6.65 hr)

Problem 8.21
600 L/s of water at 320K is pumped in a 40mm inside diameter pipe... length= 150m,€= 0.0002m.
Answer:
Head loss due to friction= 1.56m
Total head= 13.06m
Power required= 128W

Problem (DRYING)
A granular material 40% moisture, rotary dryer Humidity of air= 0.006 kg water/kg dry air...@385K leaves 310K
losses= 20 kJ/kg dry air
Answer:
Heat content of dried solid= 2.59 kW
Flow rate of dry air= 2.07 kg/s

Humidity of exit air= 0.0284 kg water/kg dry air

Amount of water evaporated= 0.0464kg/s
 Mass of water to the 3rd thickener= 129 Mg/day
The % of caustic soda in the sludge leaving each thickener: *thickener 1= 4.34%; thickener 2= .47%; thick

Problem 7.2 (FILTRATION)

A slurry containing 100kg of ..., density= 3000kg/cu. meter,. PFP.. 900seconds, voidage = 0.4
Answer:
Optimum frame thickness= 70mm
Frame thickness= 60mm
Length= 29.6 mm

Problem
Given a relative volatility of 4600 moles of A and 400 moles of B are fed, A is more volatile than B
Answer:
Amount of overhead product if remaining mixture in kettle is 80% B= 725 moles
How much A is in the overhead product= 545 moles
If 50% of - evaporated how much A remains? = 197 moles

Problem
Equimolar liquid mixture of B and T is in equilibrium with its vapor at 30 deg C
Answer:
Pressure of the system= 79.907 mmHg
Amount of benzene in vapor= .7466
Problem
Given a solution with 5 gram solute in 100 gram water at 1 atm. The solution boils at 100.421 deg C
Answer:
What is the molecular weight of the compound if the mole fraction of solute in the solution is 0.421/28.5? =
What is the effective vapor pressure of the solvent at 25 deg C? = 23.6 mmHg
What is the freezing point of the solution at 1 atm? = -1.55 deg C

Problem
Given: Air at P= 10 atm, T1= 40 deg F, P2= 1atm, T2= 140 deg F, Molar Volume= 36.49 cu. ft/ lbmol, Cp = 7 BTU
Cv= 5 BTU/ lbmol deg F
Answer:
Final volume= 437.88 cu. ft
Internal Energy= 500 BTU
Enthalpy= 700

Problem^^*
A contact process plant produces 98% sulfuric acid by absorbing SO3 in 97.3% H2SO4... gas contains 5% SO3
95.9% H2SO4 was used as a make up acid in the process.
Answer:
Amount of 95.9% H2SO4 used in tons/day = 2060 tons/day
Amount of 97.3% H2SO4 used in tons/day = 6470 tons/day
Amount of 98% H2SO4 produced = 2240 tons/day
 How much solid is needed? = 325.25 kg
Pressure drop = 15.4 kPa
Velocity of the fluid = 6.75 m/hr

Problem 11.3 (DISTILLATION)

A mixture of water and ethyl alcohol containing 0.16 mole fraction is continuously distilled in.... to give a product
0.77 mole fraction alcohol and a waste of 0.02 mole fraction alcohol.... withdraw 25% of the alcohol containing
fraction of alcohol. Determine the number of theoretical plates required and a reflux ratio of 2 is used.
Answer:
Number of plates required= 8 plates
Side stream being withdrawn? = from the 4th plate from the top

Problem 15.3 (CRYSTALLIZATION)

10 Mg of a solution containing 0.3 kg Na2CO3/ kg solution.... cooled slowly to 293 K to form crystals Na2CO3*
the yield of crystals.. Solubility of Na2CO3 at 293K.. 21.5kg/ 100kg H2O... 33% of the crystal solution is lost by
Answer:

Amount of crystals= 6536 kg

Problem 4.3 (FLUID FLOW)

Hydrogen is pumped from a reservoir at 2MN/ sq. meter pressure... steel pipe 50mm diameter, 500m long... pr
square meter to 2.6 MN/sq. meter
Answer:
Area= 0.00197 sq. meter
G= 0.213 kg/s
1000kg/cu. meter, speed= 250 rev/min
Answer:
Speed for larger impeller = 20.8 rev/min (0.346 Hz)
Power required= 9.8 W

Blend time in the large tank= 1.15 min

Problem 1.7
A cyclone separator, 0.3 m diameter 1.2 m long, inlet 75 mm diameter, velocity=. 1.5 m/s viscosity of air= 0.018
density air= 1.3 kg/ cu. meter, density of particle= 2700 kg/ cu. meter
Answer:
Mass of flow gas G= 8.62x10-3 kg/s
Terminal velocity, Uo= 3.83x10-4 m/s
Particle diameter= 2.17 micrometer

Problem 6.14
Glass spheres are fluidized by water at V= 0.5Uo, 2mm in diameter density= 2500 kg/cu. meter
Answer:
Voidage, €= 0.755
Bed density= 1367 kg/cu. meter
Pressure gradient= 3605 N/m

Problem 14.13 (EVAPORATION)

A liquid with no appreciable elevation of boiling point triple effect evaporation Ts= 395 K... 325K,. U1= 3.1, U2=
kW/sq. meter* K
 T3= 325 K

Problem 13.5
In order to extract acetic acid from dilute aqueous solution with isopropyl ether... 3 meter in length, 75 mm dia
meter*s pure ether,... 0.25 of 4% acid
Answer:
Concentration of acid in raffinate = 0.02 kg/kg (2%)
Logarithmic driving force= 0.0036 kg/kg

Overall extraction coefficient= 0.461 kg/cu. m*s (kg/kg)

Number of overall transfer units= 5.53

Problem 10.4
Seeds containing 20% by mass of oil, 90% oil recovered containing 50% by mass of oil.
Answer:
Mass fraction of insoluble material in underflow = 0.667
Number of ideal stages= 5

Problem
TiO2 + 4HCl TiCl4 + 2H2O
– TiO2 ( 78% TiO2, 22% inert)

– 20% excess

Answer:
Mass of TiO2 ore fed= 0.54kg
Mass of 45 wt% HCl =2.05 kg
Answer:
Limiting reactant= N2
%excess reactant= 13.92%
%conversion (based on limiting reactant)= 40%

Problem
Steam air at 100 deg C, 5260 mmHg, 10% water by volume
Answer:
Superheat in deg C = 10
% of vapor condensed if air is cooled at 80 deg C = 35%
% condensation if air is compressed isothermally at 800mmHg = 12%

Problem
Steam 3 lb/s expands turbine isentropically, P1= 300 psi# T1= 700 deg F,.. (dami given KAPOY )
Answer:
Enthalpy= 1079.2 BTU/lb
Work= 289.7 BTU/lb
Non flow work = 699

Problem
Propane gas 20 bar, 400K, P= 1bar Tc= 369.86K, Pc= 42.48 bar
Answer:
Residual enthalpy = -1390J/mole
Helium at 300K P=1atm U=3800J/mole,. molar volume= 24.63 L/mole
Answer:
How many J/L*mole = 101.3
Specific enthalpy = 6295 J/mole
Rate transferred by helium @300K and 2500 kmol/hr= 1.57x106 kg/hr

Problem^^*
Scrubber 96% sulfur reduction efficiency... scrubbing water with caustic soda to form bisulfate
Answer:
Amount of sulfur in 980 kg bisulfate after treatment = 301.5 kg
Amount of caustic = 376 kg
Amount of water= 67 kg

Problem
Tube 20 ft. 0.62 in inside diameter, Cp= 0.65 Btu/lb. Thermal conductivity = 0.085 BTU/hr* deg F* ft
Answer:
Reynolds number= 25275

Heat transfer coefficient (200lb/hr) = 280.3 BTU/hr*sq.ft*degK

Flow rate reduced,.. 100lb/hr = 10.1 BTU/hr*sq.ft*degR

Problem
Adiabatic mixed flow reactor 56.64L/in,. 2 cu.ft/min,.E= 67 g/min, inert= 0.33 gmole/min, activation energy= 25
Answer:
Problem
How many degrees of freedom has each of the following systems?
a. Liquid water in equilibrium with its vapor
b. Liquid water in equilibrium with a mixture of water vapor and nitrogen c.
Liquid solution of alcohol in water in equilibrium with its vapor
Note: use F= 2-P+C.

Problem
A horizontal piston/cylinder is placed in a constant temperature bath... negligible friction, external pressure= 1
cu. m,v2=2v1,.
Answer:

Work done by the gas

W= -k ln v2/v1 = -PV ln v2/v1 = -(14x105 P#)(0.03) ln 2v1/v1 = -29112.18 J

P2
k= P2v2 ; k/v2=P2 = (14x105 P#)(0.03)/ 0.06 = 7 bar
Work if external force were suddenly reduced to half its initial value instead of being gradually reduced? =
Efficiency= 72.14%
W= PexdV = (7x105 Pa)(0.06-0.03) = -21000J
%eff= -21000/-29112.18 = 0.7214= 72.14%

Problem
For liquid acetone 20 deg C, 1 bar, beta= 1.487x10-3/deg C
Answer:
24 bar/ deg C
P2= 241 bar
A 40 kg steel casting na problem, refer to Example 5.4 (chapter 5, The Second Law of Thermodynamics ang to
if from Geankoplis din to .

Problem
Water at 45 deg C na problem, refer to Example 7.10 (Compression Processes ang topic), same book ng previo

Problem
1.4 cu.m/ s flow rate from a tank to another tank, using parallel flow Di= 0.6 m, d2= 0.4m, use f= 1/0.25Re
Answer:
V1= 2.62 m/s
V2= 4.30 m/s
D3= 0.63m

Problem
A forward feed double effect evaporator, area= 10 sq. m .0.4 kg/s caustic soda solution from 10-50%
Answer:
Load on the condenser = 0.15 kg/s
Steam economy = 1.57
Overall heat transfer coefficient in each effect:
U1= 2.53 kW/sq.m *K ; U2= 1.84 ; there is no advantage in using backward feed

Problem 14.27 (EVAPORATION)

Refer to Coulson and Richardson solution manual (pa hanap nalang, mahaba kasi ,hanap nalang din if what vo
Power delivered by the pump = 3.25 hp
Problem
A coal fired power plant 33% coals energy to electrical energy.., 800 MW electrical output,..ash content is 6.9%
density of ash , NHV= 31.5 MJ/ kg
Answer
Volume of ash produced annually = 2.4x10 5 cu m
Flow rate of cooling water= 33 cu m/ s
Temperature after mixing cooling water and stream water = 23.23 deg C

Problem
Refer to example 5.3 sa Himmelblau; a limestone analysis ang problem.

Problem
(Nasearch namin ito,di ako familiar sa book kung san example to, example 14.8 ito,search niyo na

Estimate membrane area and electrical energy requirements for an electro analysis process to reduce the salt
24000 cu m/ day of brackish water from 1500 mg/L to 300 mg/L with a 50% conversion. Assume each membra
surface area of 0.50 sq m and each stack contains 300cell pairs. A reasonable current density is 5 mA/sq m a
efficiency is 80%.
Solution:
F= 96520 A/equivalent
Q= (24000)(0.5)/ (24)(3600) = 0.139 cu m/ s
MW of NaCl= 58.5 g/ mole
i=50mA/sq m

DeltaC = (1500-300) / 58.5 = 20.5 mmol/ L= 20.5 mol/cu. m

Each stack contains 300 cell pairs with a total area of (0.5)(300)=150 sq. m. Therefore, number of stacks = 687
parallel
I= zFQ(DeltaC) / n€ = (1)(96520)(.139)(20.5) / (300)(0.8) = 1145.74 A
Assume a value of 1V for average voltage drop for each cell pair:
P=IV = (1145.74)(300)= 343720.97 W

Problem
A tank containing 50000lb with # Cp= 0.5 BTU/lb deg F from 68 deg F to 257 deg F. Heating coil,..Heat transfer
100 sq ft,..
Answer:
Time to heat the tank with stream at 320 degF = 2.31 hours
Time to cool batch from 257 to 104 = 7.245 hours

Problem
Membrane Separation:
Hollow fiber permeator Do= 300 micrometer, Di= 200 micrometer, water flux= 10 gal/ day* cu ft
Answer:

Polarization of concentration = 0.12

Problem
Humidification:
Air at 75 deg C, 1.1 bar, 30% humidity fed at 1000 cu m/ hr
Kmol oxygen/ hr= 9.04
Humidity of air = 0.117 kmol water vapor/ kmol dA
Dew point temperature = 49 deg C

Problem
 Reynolds number= 0.46
Time for smallest particle= 19.3 seconds

Problem^^*
2 moles hydrogen, 2 moles oxygen, at 4 atm and 100 deg C [from Faires and Simmang]
Answer:
Delta S per gas= 1.376 BTU/ mole R

Delta S for 4 moles mixture= 5.504 Btu/ deg R

Delta S for mixture = 0.8 Btu/ deg R* lb

Problem^^**(note: may lumabas sa Nov. 2018 na ganito, hindi same problem yung approach ang sam
Reported values for the virial coefficient of isopropanol vapor at 200 deg C are B= -388 cu cm/ mole ; C= -260
mole. Calculate V and Z at 200 deg C and 10 bar by
Ideal gas equation = answer= V= 3936.15 cu cm/ mole
By equation z= PV/RT = 1+ BP/RT ; answer= z= 0.9014 ; V= 3545.9 cu cm/ mole
By equation z= PV/RT = 1+(B/V)+(C/V^2) ;answer= V= 3487.74 cu cm

Problem
Refer to Problem 3.6 ( Coulson and Richardson volume 1, solution manual)

Problem
Refer to Problem 12.21 (Coulson and Richardson volume 4, solution manual)

Problem^^*
Problem
Refer to problem 9.66 (Coulson and Richardson volume 4, solution manual)

Problem
Refer to example 26.5 (McCabe). Yung question is hollow fiber permeator.

Problem
What is the upper limit of specific speed and capacity of a 1750-r/min single stage double suction centrifuga
shaft that passes through the impeller eye if it handles clear water #t 85 deg F at sea level at a total head of 2
suction lift? What is the efficiency of the pump and its approximate impeller shape?
Answer:
refer to hicks handbook of MechEng.

Problem
Power required sa bucket elevator
Note: Sa Hicks handbook din daw to,pero madali lang to if alam formula (perry 7th Ed)

Problem
Propane gas na problem, refer sa thermodynamic book by Smith