Material balance Definition and 14 Threads

1.1) 1 m3 of residue feed has a mass of 1030 kg. Mass of H2 consumed=(1.27 kg of H2 consumed/100 kg of residue feed)*1030 kg of residue feed=13.081 kg We can treat H2 as an ideal gas to calculate its volume at normal conditions 101325*V=(13.081/2.016)*1000*8.3145*273.15 V=145.436 m3 normal/m3...

Homework Statement Toluene, C7H8, is burned with 30% excess air. A bad burner cause 15% of the carbon to form soot (pure C) deposited on the walls of the furnace, what is the Orsat analysis of the gases leaving the furnace?Homework Equations C7H8 + 9 O2 => 7 CO2 + 4 H2O 30% excess of air What...

Homework Statement Felder & Rousseau 4.73 (p. 184) A mixture of propane and butane is burned with pure oxygen. The combustion products contain 47.4 mole % H2O. After all of the water is removed from the products, the residual gas contains 69.4 mole% CO2 and the balance is O2. What is the mole...

What is the general procedure for calculating the mass of air in mass balance problems? what assumptions must be made? How do i convert this into mass from a percentage, e.g 21% oxygen & 79% nitrogen?

Two liquids, A and B, are mixed together. A is 5.00% solids, the rest water. B is 11.0% solids, the rest water. To the mixture is added 18.5 kg of bone-dry solids resulting in a mixture of 2 150 kg containing 8.25% solids. What were the original amounts of the liquids A and B?

I have an issue with this question: An aqueous solution containing 15% NaOH and 0.5% NaCl is concentrated at a rate of 100 kg/min in an evaporator. The concentrated solution is then mixed with 2000 kg of aqueous NaOH solution in a mixer. At the end of one hour a sample is collected from the...

Homework Statement Question 2. Tetraethyl lead was used in early model cars to help reduce engine knocking, boost octane ratings, and help with wear and tear on valveseats within the motor. In Australia, our petrol contained lead between approximately 1950 and 2002. Consider the impact of...

Homework Statement Question 1. An industry uses a long drainage ditch to break down their wastes and in particular to remove the odour. The waste travels along the ditch at a velocity of 0.5 m/h. The odour is reduced as a first order reaction with a reaction constant of k=0.30 day-1 The...

Homework Statement A furnace is fired with 1000 feet cubed per hour at 60 degrees F and 1 atm of a natural gas containing the following volumetric analysis: CH4: 80%, C2H6: 16%, O2: 2%, CO2: 1%, and N2: 1%. The exit flue gas temperature is 800 degrees F and the pressure is 760 mm Hg absolute...

Homework Statement Toluene is recovered from a mixture of toluene and nitrogen (containing 52 mol% toluene) by cooling the mixture at constant pressure of 1.2 bar to condense out some of the toluene. If the flow rate of the mixture into the condenser is 179 kmol h-1, determine the flowrate of...

I am really struggling to get to grips with this question, ( struggling with material balance overall!) I can do dimple material balance however for things with a recycle stream or purge stream, really confuses me. I have the solution which I will post up, but I still don't get 'why' it...

I have been working on what I thought was an easy problem. This was a one hour quiz in which the whole class failed, the instructor decided to give it as a homework assignment instead. ------problem start--------- Considerable interest exists in the conversion of coal into liquid products...

Homework Statement Question: A mixture of 40/60 mole% pentane/heptane is to be separated to give a top product of 95 mole% pentane and a bottom product of 5 mole% pentane. The column will operate at 1 bar witha reflux ratio of 0.5 kmol/kmol. It will have a total condenser and a partial...

A paint mixture containing 25.0% pigment and the balance water sells for $18.00/kg, and a mixture containing 12.0% pigment sells for $10.00/kg. If a paint retailer produces a blend containing 17.0% pigment, for how much ($/kg) should it be sold to yield a 10% profit? Am I wrong, or are they...