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CBE 202 HW 2 (Revised)

This document contains 4 homework problems related to chemical engineering processes: 1) Calculating mole fractions of product stream components from a chlorine manufacturing process using either atomic species balances or extent of reaction. 2) Determining molar flow rates and conversion from a methanol production process given reactor outlet composition and recycle/condensation information. 3) Calculating feed ratio and fractional yield for an ethane chlorination process with side reactions given basis, conversions, and selectivity. 4) Solving for methanol production rate, purge gas properties, and overall/single-pass conversions in a methanol synthesis process using a fresh feed, recycle, and purge stream.

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CBE 202 HW 2 (Revised)

This document contains 4 homework problems related to chemical engineering processes: 1) Calculating mole fractions of product stream components from a chlorine manufacturing process using either atomic species balances or extent of reaction. 2) Determining molar flow rates and conversion from a methanol production process given reactor outlet composition and recycle/condensation information. 3) Calculating feed ratio and fractional yield for an ethane chlorination process with side reactions given basis, conversions, and selectivity. 4) Solving for methanol production rate, purge gas properties, and overall/single-pass conversions in a methanol synthesis process using a fresh feed, recycle, and purge stream.

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CBE 202 Introduction to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Homework #2

Problem 1

In the Deacon process for the manufacture ofchlorine, HCI and O 2 react to form Cl2 and H2O.
Sufficient air (21 mole% O2, 79% N2) is fed to provide 35% excess oxygen and the fractional
conversion of HCI is 85%.

(a) Calculate the mole fractions of the product stream components, using atomic species balances
in your calculation.

(b) Again calculate the mole fractions of the product stream components, only this time use the
extent of reaction in the calculation.

Problem 2

Methanol is produced by reacting carbon monoxide and hydrogen. :

CO + H2 -> CH3OH

A fresh feed stream containing CO and H2 joins a recycle stream and the combined stream is fed
to a reactor. The reactor outlet stream flows at a rate of 350 mol/min and contains 10.6 wt% H 2,
64.0 wt% CO, and 25.4 wt% CH3OH. (Notice that those are percentages by mass, not mole percents.)
This stream enters a cooler in which most of the methanol is condensed. The liquid methanol
condensate is withdrawn as a product, and the gas stream leaving the condenser - which contains
CO, H2, and 0.40 mole% uncondensed CH3OH vapor - is the recycle stream that combines with the
fresh feed. Determine (i) the molar flow rates of CO and H2 in the fresh feed, (ii) the production rate
of liquid methanol, and (iii) the single-pass and overall conversions of carbon monoxide.

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Problem 3

Ethane is chlorinated in a continuous reactor :

C2H6 + Cl2 -> C2H5CI + HCl

Some of the product monochloroethane is further chlorinated in an undesired side reaction :

C2H5CI + Cl2 -> C2H4Cl2 + HCl

Take a basis of 100 mol C2H5CI produced. Assume that the feed contains only ethane and
chlorine and that all of the chlorine is consumed. The reactor is designed to yield a 15%
conversion of ethane and a selectivity of 14 mol C2H5CI / mol C2H4Cl2, with a negligible amount of
chlorine in the product gas. Calculate the feed ratio (mol Cl2 /mol C2H6 ) and the fractional yield
of monochloroethane.

Problem 4

Methanol is synthesized from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a catalytic reactor. The fresh feed
to the process contains 32.0 mole% CO, 64.0% H2, and 4.0% N2.This stream is mixed with a recycle
stream in a ratio 5 mol recycle/1 mol fresh feed to produce the feed to the reactor, which contains
13.0 mole% N2. A low single-pass conversion is attained in the reactor. The reactor effluent goes to
a condenser from which two streams emerge: a liquid product stream containing essentially all the
methanol formed in the reactor, and a gas stream containing all the CO, H 2, and N2 leaving the
reactor. The gas stream is split into two fractions: one is removed from the process as a purge
stream, and the other is the recycle stream that combines with the fresh feed to the reactor. For a
basis of 100 mol fresh feed/h, calculate the production rate of methanol (mol/h), the molar flow
rate and composition of the purge gas, and the overall and single-pass conversions of CO.

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