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An experiment on the growth rate of certain organisms requires an environment of humid air enriched in oxygen. Three input streams are fed into an evaporation chamber to produce an output stream with the desired composition.
A: Output gas totals 74 moles
B: Air (21 mole% O, the balance N)
C: Pure oxygen, with a molar flow rate one-fifth of the molar flow rate of stream B
The output gas is analyzed and is found to contain 3.0 mole% water. Draw and label a flowchart of the process, and calculate the volumetric and molar flow rate of water into the system, the molar flow rate of air into the system, and the mole fractions for the output stream.
1. What is the Volumetric Flow rate of water into the system (cm3/min)?
2. What is the molar flow rate for Water (mole/min)?
3. What is the molar flow rate of pure O2 into the system (mole/min)?
4. What is the mole fraction of O2 in the product stream (moles of O2/total moles)?