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PRACTICE 1 (PAST YEAR)
Methane and oxygen reacts in the presence of a
catalyst to form formaldehyde.

CH
4
+ O
2
! HCHO + H
2
O

The total feed to the reactor is given as 150 mol/s. In
addition, it is observed the molar composition of the
output stream is 15.0 mole% CH
4
, 20.0 mole% O
2
,
30.0 mole% HCHO and 35.0 mole% H
2
O.
1. Draw and label a flowchart.
2. Calculate the molar composition of the feed
stream using extent of reaction and atomic
species balance
3. Determine the % excess of one of the reactant.

PRACTICE 2 (PAST YEAR)
An equimolar liquid mixture of benzene (C6H6) and
toluene (C7H8) is fed into an evaporator at 95C. A
portion of the mixture evaporates to form vapor. The
liquid product contains 31.6 mole% toluene. The
vapor product emerges at a rate of 35.2 mol/s
containing 40.0 mole% benzene. Both liquid and
vapor product streams temperature is 65C.
1. Draw and fully label a process flowchart.
2. Taking [benzene (l, 65C), toluene (l, 65C)] as
reference for enthalpy calculations, prepare and fill
in the inlet-outlet enthalpy table and calculate the
required heat input rate. (Neglect the effects of
pressure changes on enthalpies).
PRACTICE 3 (PAST YEAR)
Methane is oxidized with air to produce formaldehyde in a
continuous reactor. A competing reaction is the combustion of
methane to form CO
2
. 100 mol/s of the fuel enters the furnace at
25C and 1 atm, and the air enters at 100C and 1 atm. The
product leaves the furnace at 150C and 1 atm and contains
10.42 mole% CH
4
, 5.21% HCHO, 1.74% CO
2
, 8.68% H
2
O,
8.68% O
2
and the balance N
2
.




1. Calculate the molar amount of all the unknowns using atomic
species balance and compare it with extent of reaction
method.
2. Taking elemental species [C(s), O
2
(g), H
2
(g), N
2
(g)] at 25C
as reference for enthalpy calculations, calculate the heat (kJ)
transferred from the reactor.
CH
4
(g) +O
2
(g) !HCHO(g) + H
2
O(v)
CH
4
(g) +2O
2
(g) !CO
2
(g) +2H
2
O(v)
PRACTICE 4 (PAST YEAR)
A stream consists of solid in water is fed into an evaporator at a
rate of 1000kg/h. Prior to entering the evaporator, a fraction of
the fresh feed bypasses the evaporator and rejoins the
evaporator concentrate stream (Figure 1). Calculate B, X
1
and
X
2
. Also calculate the fraction of feed that bypasses the
evaporator
B kg/h

X
1
kg solid/kg
X
2
kg water/kg
42 wt% solid
714 kg/h
100% water
900 kg/h 1000 kg/h
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PRACTICE 5 (PAST YEAR)
Simplify the steady-state open system
energy balance equation in each of the
following cases.
1. There are no moving parts in the system.
2. The system and its surroundings are the
same temperature
3. The linear velocities of all streams are
the same
4. All streams enter and leave the process
at a single height.

PRACTICE 6 (PAST YEAR)
Liquid acetone flows from a solvent
recovery unit at a rate of 5.32 mol/s at
18
o
C and 5.0 atm is heated to 150
o
C
at 1.3 atm in which a gas outlet
stream is obtained. Calculate the
required heat transfer rate.
(Neglect the effects of pressure
changes on enthalpies)

PRACTICE 7 (PAST YEAR)
Phenol is made by the catalytic oxidation of
benzene in air according to the reaction
C
6
H
6
+ ! O
2
!C
6
H
5
OH
One hundred mol/h benzene is fed to a reactor
and the conversion of benzene is 30%.
1. Draw and label a flowchart.
2. IF 100% excess air is supplied, calculate the
molar flow rate of air entering the reactor.
3. Calculate the molar flow rate of C
6
H
5
OH and
N
2
(mol/h) in the product stream using extent
of reaction.



PRACTICE 8
1. Given formic acid in liquid phase with
volumetric flow rate of 100 L/min.
Calculate its molar flow rate (mol/min).
2. Given Nitrogen with its volumetric flow
rate of 15 m
3
/min, 30C, 5 atm gauge.
Calculate its molar flow rate (mol/min)
by direct solution of the ideal gas
equation of state and conversion from
standard conditions