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Short Answer Questions

1. What are the five elements of the hierarchy of process design?

What are the three types of recycle structures possible in a chemical process? Explain when each is
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used.

3. Give three criteria for choosing a batch process as opposed to a continuous process.

When would one purposely add an inert material to a feed stream? Illustrate this strategy with an
4.
example, and explain the advantages (and disadvantages) of doing this.

In general, when would one purify a material prior to feeding it to a process unit? Give at least one
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example for each case you state.

Problems

In modern integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal-fed power plants, oxygen is produced

6. via cryogenic separation of air and is fed to the IGCC plant along with coal. The separation of
oxygen from air is expensive; what reason(s) can you give for doing this?

The production of ethylbenzene is described in Appendix B, project B.2. From the PFD (Figure
B.2.1) and accompanying stream table (Table B.2.1), determine the following: