Consider the following steady-state open system, involving flow of three substances and :
Two streams and , of mass flow rates and respectively enter the first chamber. has a variable mass flow rate of where is time in seconds. Two other streams and , of mass flow rates and respectively exit it. These two streams which exit the first chamber also enter a second chamber, a reaction chamber. In this chamber, and react to form another substance through the reaction equation . All excess reactants are ejected through another stream going out of the reaction chamber. Calculate the mass flow rate of after seconds, in .
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m1 = m2 & m3 = 3 × m4
There should be 55% of A, 30% of B and 15% of C in the reaction chamber. A would be wholly utilized and left 3.75% (B+C mixture) as excess reactants.
m1(2.5) = 2 × 2.5 + 3 = 8 kg/s
Total mass of inputs
= m1 + m2
= 8 + 8
= 16 kg/s
Answer
= (100% – 3.75%) × 16 kg/s
= [ 15.4 kg/s ] × 60s
= 924 kg/minute