FE 201 MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES - PRACTICE 7

1.
A gas containing 9.2% CO2 , 0.4% C2H4 , 20.9% CO, 15.6% H2 , 1.9% CH 4 and 52% N2 is
burned with air in a combustor. The combustion product is called flue gas, and the flue gas
contains 10.8% CO2 ,0.4% CO, 9.2% O2 and 79.6% N 2. According to these;

a) Calculate the amount of combustion air.

b) Calculate the percentage of N 2 contained in the fuel and coming from the gas.

2. Butane (C4H10 ) is combusted with air. Assume that no CO is produced. Calculate the
composition of the product, when

a) C4 H10 is completely consumed and the excess-air percentage is 20%

b) Conversion percentage of C4H10 is 90% and the excess-air percentage is still at 20%

3. The combustion of n-heptane is

C7H16 + 11O2 7CO2 + 8H2O
Ten (10) kg of n-heptane is reacted with an excess amount of O2, and 14.4 kg of CO2 is formed.
Calculate the conversion percentage of n-heptane.
4. To produce ethanol (C2H5OH) using from glucose (C6H12O6) by an anaerobic fermentation using
Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, the following reactions take place
C6H12O6 2C2H5OH + 2CO2
C6H12O6 2C2H3COOH + 2H2O
The feed, a glucose solution with the concentration of 12 wt%, is fed into a bioreactor with the total
mass of 4,000 kg. After the fermentation is ended, 120 kg of CO2 is generated, while 90 kg of glucose
remains unreacted. Determine the mass percentages of C2H5OH and C2H3COOH in the product.
5. In order to remove salts from the sea water, the sea water has to pass through a process called
desalinisation. The desalinisation process is;

If the fresh sea water has the flow rate of 500 kg/h, determine
a) the flow rate of brine (in kg/h)
b) the daily production of desalinised water
c) the recycle ratio (i.e. the flow rate of the recycle brine/the flow rate of the fresh feed)
6. Moist hydrogen containing 4 mole percent water is burnt completely in a furnace with 32
%excess air. Calculate the Orsat analysis of the resulting flue gas.
7. Based on the process drawn in the diagram, what is the kg recycle/ kg feed if the amount of
W waste is 100 kg? The known compositions are inserted on the process diagram.