Mass Balance

Calculate an overall mass balance.

CH3OH + ½ O2 HCHO + H20

A + B C + D

ṁAo =
CSTR
ṁA =

ṁB o = ṁB =

ṁC =

ṁD =

OVERALL MASS BALANCE

Mass flow rate total in = Mass flow rate total out

MAo + MBo + MCo + MDo = MA + MB + MC + MD

𝑔 𝑔 𝑔 𝑔 𝑔 𝑔
121.3803 𝑆 + 275.4993 𝑆 = 36.4159 𝑆 + 236.9302 𝑆 +79.1058 𝑆 + 44.4238 𝑆

𝑔 𝑔
396.8796 = 396.8757 𝑆
𝑆
 1.1 Start with balanced stoichiometric equation.

SPECIES SYMBOL 𝑴𝑶𝑳 REMAINING

INITIAL ( )
𝑺 𝑴𝑶𝑳
( 𝑺 )
CH₃COOC₂H₅ A FAo = 1.0717 FA = 0.4133
NaOH B FBo = 6.888 FB = 5.9237
CH₃COONa C - FC = 1.0288
C₂H₅OH D - FD = 0.9643
Total FTo = 8.2656 FT = 8.2656
Table 1.0 : Stoichiometric table

1.2 Present your calculations in a MASS BALANCE TABLE with the IN

and OUT numbers as shown below. The units must be presented in
quantities of g/s.
Table 2.0 : Mass Balance table.
𝒈 𝒈
TYPE OF SPECIES IN ( 𝑺 ) OUT ( 𝑺 )

CH₃COOC₂H₅ ṁAo = FAo x mw(NaOH) ṁA = FA x mw(NaOH)

=1.3776 x 88.11 = 0.4133 x 88.11
= 121.3803 = 36.4159
NaOH ṁBo = FBo x mw (CH₃COOC₂H₅) ṁB = FB x mw (CH₃COOC₂H₅)
= 6.888 x 39.997 = 5.9237 x 39.997
= 275.4993 = 236.9302

C₂COONa - ṁC = FC x mw(CH₃COONa)
= 0.9643 x 82.0344
= 79.1058
C₂H₅OH - ṁD = FD x mw(C₂H₅OH)
= 0.9643 x 46.06844
= 44.4238
Total ṁTo= ṁAo + ṁBo ṁ T = ṁ A + ṁB + ṁC + ṁD
= 121.3803 + 275.4993 = 36.4159+ 236.9302+
= 396.8796 79.1058 + 44.4238
= 396.8757

1.3 Based on the given production rate, determine the change of each
species mass flow rate if the production rate is increased from 0 to
 100%. Plot a Figure that charted the changes for each species mass
flow rate versus production rate increment (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and
100%).
Table 3.0 : Mass balance table with the changes of each species mass flow rate.

Production
Rate ṁAo ṁBo ṁA ṁB ṁC ṁD ṁTo ṁT
Increment (g/s) (g/s) (g/s) (g/s) (g/s) (g/s) (g/s) (g/s)
(%)
0 121.3821 275.5033 36.41463 236.933 79.10814 44.42514 396.8854 396.8809

20 145.6582 330.6032 43.69745 284.3187 94.93009 53.31035 476.2614 476.2566

40 169.9351 385.7051 50.98053 331.7063 110.752 62.19556 555.6402 555.6345

60 194.2112 440.8049 58.26335 379.0924 126.5732 71.08032 635.0161 635.0092

80 218.4872 495.9048 65.54617 426.478 142.3951 79.96553 714.3921 714.3849

100 242.7642 551.0067 72.82926 473.8657 158.2339 88.85074 793.7709 793.7795

600

500
MASS FLOW RATE G/S

400

300

200

100

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
PRODUCTION RATE INCREMENT %

ṁAo ṁBo ṁA ṁB ṁC ṁD

Figure 1.0 : The changes for each species mass flow rate versus production rate
increment.