CHE555 2015

CHE 555 NUMERICAL METHODS & OPTIMIZATION

ASSIGNMENT 1
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
This is a group assignment (3 members) which has to be submitted within 1 week after receiving the
assignment. Standardize all the calculation up to 4 decimal points.

QUESTION 1
PO1, CO1, C3
An isothermic reaction is carried out adiabatically and the CSTR reactor design algorithm is shown as
below:

The reaction is second order in A. The feed which is equimolar in a solvent and A, and its enters the
reactor at a total volumetric flow rate, v0 of 10 dm3/min with the initial concentration of A being 4 M.
The rate constant, k given as 0.1 dm3/mol.min at 380 K. Determine the conversion can be achieved in
600 dm3 CSTR by using the following methods:
a) Graphically
b) False position method with initial guesses of Xl =0.6 and Xu =0.9
c) Secant method with initial estimates of X-1 = 0.6 and X0, =0.9
Iterate until the approximate error falls below 1 %. Find the absolute relative approximate error at the
end of each iteration.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 2
PO1, CO2, C4
A liquid-liquid extraction is used to extract nickel from the aqueous solution into an organic solution.
Table 1 shows the experimental data from the extraction process.
Table 1 Extraction of Nickel
Ni in aqueous phase, a (g/l)

12

16

20

Ni in organic phase, g (g/l)

6.3

12

15.5

18.3

21.5

Where g is the amount of nickel in the organic solution and a is the amounts of nickel in the aqueous
solution. Identify the best type of polynomial that fit to these data and determine its polynomial

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equation. Then estimate the amount of nickel in the organic solution when 25 g/l of nickel is in the
aqueous solution.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 3
PO4, C03, C4
Compare answer from Question 2 with the answer from Excel and Matlab. Write the details command
(Excel and Matlab) and result of this problem.

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