Please ensure that this examination paper contains SEVEN printed pages and ONE
printed page of Appendix before you begin the examination.
[Sila pastikan bahawa kertas peperiksaan ini mengandungi TUJUH muka surat yang
bercetak dan SATU muka surat Lampiran sebelum anda memulakan peperiksaan
ini.]
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[EKC 313]
[a]
[b]
Water content in natural gas can be removed using a packed bed column
consisting molecular sieves. At pilot scale, an adsorption column is designed
to be 26.8 cm in length. The ratio of output concentration to the feed
concentration is recorded as tabulated in Table Q.1.[b].
Kandungan air dalam gas asli boleh dikeluarkan menggunakan turus lapisan
terpadat terdiri daripada ayak molekul. Pada skala perintis, turus penjerapan
direka untuk menjadi 26.8 sm panjang. Nisbah kepekatan pengeluaran
kepada kepekatan suapan direkodkan seperti di Jadual S.1.[b].
Table Q.1.[b].
Jadual S.1.[b].
t (h)
0
9
9.2
9.6
10.0
10.4
[i]
[ii]
c/c 0
0.0006
0.00069
0.0028
0.023
0.099
0.253
t (h)
10.8
11.25
11.5
12.0
12.5
12.8
c/c 0
0.451
0.680
0.774
0.923
0.979
1.00
2.
[a]
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Table Q.2.[a].
Jadual S.2.[a].
Filtrate (L)
Cecair Turasan
0.498
1.000
1.501
2.000
2.498
3.002
3.506
4.004
Time (s)
Masa
4.4
9.5
16.3
24.6
34.7
46.1
59.0
73.5
3.
[a]
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[b]
[EKC 313]
[ii]
[c]
4.
[a]
[b]
5/-
-5-
[EKC 313]
Figure Q.4.[b].
Rajah S.4.[b].
[5 marks/markah]
[c]
[ii]
Figure Q.4.[c].
Rajah S.4.[c].
6/-
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[EKC 313]
[d]
[e]
Fx F
5
15
25
20
35
7/-
-7-
[ii]
[EKC 313]
The original column normally has less than 7 mol percent i-C 5 in the
overhead and less than 3 mole percent n-C 4 in the bottoms product. If
the mean relative volatility is 2.366, can the same product quality can be
achieved using the new column? Explain your answer.
Turus asal biasanya mempunyai kurang daripada 7 peratus mol i-C 5
dalam produk atas dan kurang daripada 3 peratus mol n-C 4 dalam
produk bahagian bawah. Jika min kemeruapan relatif adalah 2.366,
bolehkah kualiti produk yang sama dicapai dengan menggunakan turus
baru? Jelaskan jawapan anda.
[5 marks/markah]
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[EKC 313]
Appendix
Constant-pressure filtration
c
dt
= 2 s V+
Rm = K pV + B
A(p)
dV A (p)
Washing in filtration
1
dV
=
dt f K pV f + B
Darcys Law
Q=
A ( Pb Pa )
Hagen-Poiseuille equation
v=
D2
( Pb Pa )
32 L
m s X c X c m s X c Rc
ln
ln
=
ARc X
ARc R
tT = t c + t f =
ms
X
( X o X c ) + X c ln c
ARc
X