Methanol (CH3OH) is produced via the partial oxidization of methane (CH4). The fresh feed contains methane and oxygen that have been mixed in stoichiometric proportions. This feed is mixed with recycle gases. The single-pass conversion of methane is 10.0%. The stream leaving the reactor is passed into a separation process where the entire methanol, and none of the other materials, is removed. All of the remaining materials are recycled to be mixed with the fresh feed. Determine the feed rate of the stream entering the reactor required to produce 1000.0 mol/h of methanol. The following reaction is taking place.

what methods can be used to prevent hydrogen damage (in each of them )

- hydrogen embrittlement

- voids and blisters

- hydride formation

Material science

Describe the microstructure of fibreglass and how it will result into the properties required to process a fibreglass product

Calculate calorific value of E15 fuel. A car run by gasoline has highway mpg 33, if it runs by E15, calculate the new mpg. Ignore all other effects. If it runs only by ethanol what would be new mpg. (Points 10+10=20)

Explain three ways in which the composition of fuel changes while it is in an operating reactor, and how each change affects reactor operation.   You may discuss nuclear, chemical, or material changes, or a combination.

Distinguish between homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Which ones are described
by boundary conditions and which ones manifest themselves in the differential equations

A quality analyst at Paintfast Manufacturing Co. wants to determine if a new paint formulation, used to paint parts for a customer’s assembly oper- ation will dry fast enough to meet the customer’s needs. The customer would prefer to obtain a high level of “dryability” at low temperatures, even if it requires a higher level of drying agent. He hypothesizes that a high level of drying agent will result in high dryability, high temperature— alone—will result in a moderately high level of dryability, and low temperature or a low level of drying agent will result in a low level of dryability. He hopes that the main and interaction effects with the temperature, which is expensive (because an oven would need to be used), will be minimal. The data found in the worksheet Prob. 6-24 in the Excel workbook C06Data were gathered in testing all combinations. What recommendation would you make?

A chemical engineering has been working with a local manufacturing firm. For several years the firm has been using chemical A as a solvent in their manufacturing process. Chemical A is carcinogenic, although studies supporting this claim have only recently been published. Without taking elaborate safety precautions, workers handling chemical A would be exposed to sufficient amounts to risk cancer. Moreover, the disease takes up to 20 years to manifest itself. The company has tried to implement safety procedures and controls, but workers routinely ignore them. The safety procedures slow down the manufacturing process, and the workers frequently cut corners to meet quotas. The chemical engineer knows of another chemical, B, which also serves as a catalyst in this manufacturing process but is not carcinogenic. Nevertheless, chemical B is considerably more expensive.

What should she do? Elaborate with details.

Give example about replacing dangerous solvent with a relatively safer one  

Benzaldehyde is produced from toluene in the catalytic reaction:

C6H5CH3 + O2 -> C6H5CHO + H2O (1)

C6H5CH3 + 9O2 -> 7CO2 + 4H2O (2)

Dry air and toluene vapor are mixed and fed to the reactor at 350F and 1 atm . Air is supplied in 100% excess. Of the toluene fed to the reactor, 13% reacts to form benzaldehyde and 0.5% reacts with O2 to produce CO2 and H2O. The product gases leave the reactor at 379F and 1 atm. Water is circulated through a jacket surrounding the reactor entering at 80F and leaving at 105F. Over a four hour period, 23.2 lbm of water is condensed from the product gases. Assume complete condensation. The heat capacity of both toluene and benzaldehyde vapors is 31 Btu/lb-moleF, and that of liquid benzaldehyde is 46 Btu/lb-moleF. The standard heat of formation of of benzaldehyde vapor is -17,200 Btu/lb-mole.

a. Calculate the volumetric flow rates (ft^3/hr) of the combined feed stream to the reactor and product gas.

b. Calculate the required rate of heat transfer from the reactor and the flow rate of cooling water (kg/min).

Consider non-dissociative adsorption. Assuming both adsorption and desorption are first-order processes, write down an expression for the coverage of an adsorbate as a function of time. The system is at a temperature T, there is only one component in the gas phase above the surface at pressure p and the saturation surface coverage is given by qmax. Assume adsorption is non-activated and that the sticking is direct. Hint: Start by writing d? (t) dt =? 0 d?(t) dt = r ads ? r des

Determine the percent error in the vapor volume from the real value (experimental data) for n-butane at 15 bar, 125^oC using the follow equations of state:

i) Ideal gas

ii) Van der Waals

iii) Peng Robinson.

A counter-flow double-pipe heat exchanger is to heat water from 20ºC to 80ºC at a rate of 1.2 kg/s. The heating is to be accomplished by geothermal water available at 160ºC at a mass flow rate of 2 kg/s. The inner tube is thin-walled, and has a diameter of 1.5 cm. If the overall heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger is 640 W/(m2.ºC), determine the length of the heat exchanger required to achieve the desired heating using the effectiveness-NTU method. Take the specific heat of geothermal water to be 4.31 kJ/(kg.ºC) and that of water to be 4.18 kJ/(kg.ºC).

1.A bomb calorimeter, or a constant volume calorimeter, is a device often used to determine the heat of combustion of fuels and the energy content of foods. In an experiment, a 0.3807 g sample of 1,6-hexanediol (C6H14O2) is burned completely in a bomb calorimeter. The calorimeter is surrounded by 1.139×103 g of water. During the combustion the temperature increases from 25.30 to 27.59 °C. The heat capacity of water is 4.184 J g-1°C-1. The heat capacity of the calorimeter was determined in a previous experiment to be 760.0 J/°C. Assuming that no energy is lost to the surroundings, calculate the molar heat of combustion of 1,6-hexanediol based on these data. C6H14O2(s) + (17/2) O2(g) 7 H2O(l) + 6 CO2(g) + Energy Molar Heat of Combustion = ? kJ/mol

Calculate the magnitude of the heat transfer (kJ) required to cool 65.0 liters of a liquid mixture containing 70.0 wt% acetone and 30.0% 2-methyl-1-pentanol (C6H14O) from 45.0°C to 20.0°C The specific gravity of 2-methyl-1-pentanol is about 0.826. The true heat capacity of 2-methyl-1-pentanol is about 248.0 J/(mol °C).

Estimate the required heat transfer using Kopp's rule to estimate the heat capacities of both acetone and 2-methyl-1-pentanol. ? kJ

Estimate the required heat transfer using the true heat capacities. ? kJ

A compressor compresses air flowing at 15 litre/s, 150 kPa, 20°C at the inlet to 500 kPa, 250°C at the outlet. During the compression, heat is lost at the rate of 1.5 kW. Determine the minimum input work for the compressor.