Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Homework Solutions

Internal Forced Convection

Please see the attached file for the completely formatted problem(s). Steam is condensed by cooling waterflowing inside copper tubes. The average heat transfer coefficient and the number of tubes needed are to be determined.

Internal Forced Convection

Please see the attached file for the completely formatted problem(s). The flow through a specified water oioe is given. The pressure drop and pumping requirements are to be determined.

Natural Convection

Please see the attached file for the completely formatted problem(s). A hot plate with an insulated back is considered. The rate of heat loss by natural convection is to be determined.

Radiation Heat Transfer

Please see the attached file for the completely formatted problem(s). Top and side of a cubical furnace are blackand are maintainedat uniform temperatures. Net radiation heat transferrate to the basefrom the top and side surfaces are to be determined.

Radiation Heat Transfer: Coal Bricks to Steaks

Please see the attached file for the completely formatted problem(s). A circular grill is considered. The bottom of the grill is covered with hot coal bricks, while the wire mesh on top of the grillis covered with steaks. The initial rate of radiation heat transfer from coal bricks to the steaks is to be determined.

Heat Exchanger Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient

Please see the attached file for the completely formatted problem(s). The heat transfer coefficients and the fouling factors on the tube and shellside of a heat exchanger are given. The hermal resistance and the overall heat transfer coefficients based on the inner and outer areas are to be determined.

Heat Exchanger (Condenser)

Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problem(s). Steam is condensed by cooling water in the condenser of a power plant. The mass flow rate of the cooling water and the rate of condensation are to be determined.

McCabe-Thiele Method: Calculation of Theoretical Plates

The solution is detailed and well presented. Problem: A saturated liquid mixture containing 60 mole % benzene and 40 mole % toluene is to be distilled continuously into a distillate product containing 90 mole % benzene and the bottom product containing 5 mole % benzene. The fractional distillation column will operate at ap ...continues

Steam Distillation: Boiling Point Calculation

The problem is attached in the following file. Vapor pressures of chlorobenzene and water are given below: Pressure, mm Hg 100 50 30 26 Temperature oC, Chlorobenzene 70.4 53.7 42.7 34.5 Temperature oC, Water 51.7 38.5 29.9 22.5 If steam is blown into the still containing a mixture of these two components and the total pr ...continues

Equilibrium Flash Distillation

Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problem(s). Problem: A feed of 50 mole % hexane and 50 mole % octane is fed into a pipe still through a pressure reducing valve and then into a flash disengaging chamber. The vapor and liquid leaving the chamber are assumed to be in equilibrium. If the fraction of the feed ...continues

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