ENG1002Week2ProblemSheet
DimensionsandUnits
[Link],giventhatgistheaccelerationduetogravity,
v1andv2arevelocitiesandthatp1andp2arepressures,determinethedimensionsand
SIunitsforz1,z2and.
p2 p1
1 2 2
v2 v1 g ( z2 z1 ) 0
2
2.Convertaspeedof60milesperhourintom/s(1mile=1609m)
3.Convertanareaof20mm2intom2.
4.Convertadensityof1.2g/cm3intokg/m3.
[Link]:[Link](a)thedimensionsofviscosityand(b)
anothersetofSIunitsforviscosity.
6.Convert4.2lightyearsintotheappropriateSIunits.(speedoflightis3108m/s)
[Link]:
E
k A exp
RT
(Wheretheunitofkarekmol/m3.s,TistemperatureinKelvinandRistheUniversalGas
Constant,whichhastheunitsJ/kmol.K).
[Link](inkJ)possessedbyacarofmass0.9tonnestravelingata
1
speedof110km/h.( kinetic energy mv 2 )
2
[Link],visthevelocity(inm/s)offluidinapipeofinsidediameter
100mm,wshastheunitsJ/kgandgistheaccelerationduetogravity.
w
s 18.06 1.988 v 2
g
Showthattheunitsof w s g [Link] ws g (inthe
,inm3/h.
sameunits),butintermsofthevolumeflowrateoffluidinthepipe, V
10.Convert2000kJ/[Link]/m2.K
11.Giventhatapressureis1atmosphereisequivalentto101.3kPaand1baris105Pa,
expressapressureof5.6atmospheresinkPa,bar,N/m2andMPa.
Notes:
UnitsofforceareNewton(N)
Force
Pressure
Area
Force=massacceleration
MassBalance
[Link]:onecontainingoxygenandnitrogen,theotherpure
nitrogen.Stream1flowsat450kg/hrandconsistsof45wt%ofN2,whilststream2
flowsat380kg/hr.
(a) Performanoverallmassbalanceonthemixertocalculatetheflowrateofthe
productstream.
(b) PerformaN2componentmassbalancetocalculatethemassfractionofN2inthe
productstream.
(c) Ifanotherstreamofpureoxygenisaddedtothemixerat200kg/hr,calculatethe
massfractionofbothN2andO2intheproductstream.
[Link]:
1. Astreamwhichisamixtureofoxygenandnitrogenat400kg/hr(massfraction
oxygen=0.23)
2. Astreamofpureoxygenat210kg/hr
3. Astreamofpurecarbonmonoxideat150kg/hr
4. Astreamofpurecarbondioxideat380kg/hr
(a)Whatisthemassfractionofeachcomponentintheproductstream?
(b)Iftheflowrateoftheoxygen/nitrogenmixturestreamisincreasedto600kg/hr,
whatwillbethenewmassfractionofeachcomponentintheproduct?
[Link](saltywater)inanopenchannelmaybemeasuredbyaddinga
knownrateofsalt(NaCl)tothestreamandanalysingforNaClinupstreamand
[Link],asolutioncontaining25gNaClper100g
waterwasaddedatasteadyrateof50kg/mintoaflowingstream,andtheNaCl
concentrationinthestreamchangedfrom3.5%w/wupstreamto4.0%w/w
[Link]
necessaryforthesolutionofthisproblem?
[Link],itisnecessarytoproducea
motorgasolinecontaining80%w/wioctaneand20%w/[Link]
flowrates(m3/h)ofhighoctanegasoline(90%w/wioctaneand10%w/wnheptane)
andlowoctanegasoline(65%w/wIoctaneand35%w/wnheptane)mustbeblended
toobtain100m3/hofthedesiredgasoline?
([Link])
Densityoflowoctanegasoline
=
696kg/m3
Densityofhighoctanegasoline
=
701kg/m3
Densityofproductgasoline
=
699kg/m3
[Link],amedicaldeviceusedtoremove
[Link]
passesacrossahollowmembrane,andthewasteproductsdiffusefromthebloodinto
thedialyzingfluid.Ifthebloodenteringtheunitflowatarateof220ml/min,andthe
bloodexitingtheunitflowsat215ml/min,howmuchwaterandurea(themainwaste
product)passintothedialysateiftheenteringconcentrationofureainthebloodis2.30
mg/mlandtheexitconcentrationofureainthebloodis1.70mg/ml?Ifthedialyzing
fluidflowsintotheunitat100ml/min,whatistheconcentrationofureainthe
dialysate?(Thefigurebelowrightmayassistyouinapproachingthisproblem).
Blood in
Blood out
1
3
2 Urea and water transfer
5
4
Dialysate in
Dialysate out
Artificial kidney
