ELEM.PRIN.OF CHEMICAL PROC.-W/ACCESS
ELEM.PRIN.OF CHEMICAL PROC.-W/ACCESS
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ISBN: 9781119330745
Author: FELDER
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.25P

Lewis12 describes the hazards of breathing air containing appreciable amounts of an asphyxiant (a gas (hat has no specific toxicity but, when inhaled, excludes oxygen from the lungs). When the mole percent of the asphyxiant in the air reaches 50%, marked symptoms of distress appear, and at 75% death occurs in a matter of minutes.

A small storage room whose dimensions are 2 m × 1.5 m × 3 m contains a number of expensive and dangerous chemicals. To prevent unauthorized entry, the door to the room is always locked and can be opened with a key from either side. A cylinder of liquid carbon dioxide is stored in the room. The valve on the cylinder is faulty and son of the contents have escaped over the weekend. The room temperature is 25°C.

(a) If the concentration of CO2 reaches the lethal 75 mole% level, what would be the mole percent of O2?

(b) How much CO2 (kg) is present in the room when the lethal concentration is reached? Why would more than that amount have to escape from the cylinder for this concentration to be reached?

(c) Describe a set of events that could result in a fatality in the given situation. Suggest at least two measures that would reduce the hazards associated with storage of this seemingly harmless substance.

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ELEM.PRIN.OF CHEMICAL PROC.-W/ACCESS

Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.11PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.12PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.13PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.14PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.15PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.16PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.17PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.18PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.19PCh. 5 - A device has been designed to measure the flow...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.21PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.22PCh. 5 - Spray drying is a process in which a liquid...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.24PCh. 5 - Lewis12 describes the hazards of breathing air...Ch. 5 - A stream of air at 35°C and a gauge pressure of...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.27PCh. 5 - In froth ?otation, air is bubbled through an...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.29PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.30PCh. 5 - Bread is typically made by ?rst dissolving...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.32PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.33PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.34PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.35PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.36PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.37PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.38PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.39PCh. 5 - A spray-drying operation similar to that described...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.41PCh. 5 - Fermentation is a biochemical process in which a...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.43PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.44PCh. 5 - Ethane at 25°C and 1.1 atm (abs) flowing at a rate...Ch. 5 - The ?ow of air to a gas-?red boiler furnace is...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.47PCh. 5 - The oxidation of nitric oxide NO+12O2NO2 takes...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.49PCh. 5 - 5.50.19 In chemical vapor deposition (CVD), a...Ch. 5 - A gas turbine power plant receives a shipment of...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.52PCh. 5 - 5.53.20 Chemicals are stored in a laboratory with...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.54PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.55PCh. 5 - A stream of ho dry nitrogen flows through a...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.57PCh. 5 - You have purchased a gas cylinder that is supposed...Ch. 5 - The current global reliance on fossil fuels for...Ch. 5 - Two humid gas streams are combined in a heated...Ch. 5 - Most of the concrete used in the construction of...Ch. 5 - The ultimate analysis of a No. 4 fuel oil is 86.47...Ch. 5 - A stream of liquid n-pentane flows at a rate of...Ch. 5 - Alka-Seltzer( is an over-the-counter medicine used...Ch. 5 - Hydrogen sul?de has the distinctive unpleasant...Ch. 5 - The quantity of sulfuric acid used globally places...Ch. 5 - A small power plant produces 500 MW of electricity...Ch. 5 - You have been assigned the task of measuring the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.69PCh. 5 - Methanol is synthesized from carbon monoxide and...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.71PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.72PCh. 5 - Steam reforming is an important technology for...Ch. 5 - A ?owchart of a methanol synthesis process is...Ch. 5 - The measured volumetric flow rate of ethane at...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.76PCh. 5 - Methanol is to be delivered to a process unit at a...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.78PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.79PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.80PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.81PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.82PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.83PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.84PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.85PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.86PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.87PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.88PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.89PCh. 5 - A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that...Ch. 5 - In a metered-dose inhaler (MDI), such as those...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.92PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.93PCh. 5 - Approximately 150 SCFM (standard cubic feet per...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.95PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.96PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.97PCh. 5 - The product gas from a coal gasification plant...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.99PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.100PCh. 5 - A gas mixture consisting of 15.0 mole% methane....Ch. 5 - A system has been devised to store acetonitrile...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5.103PCh. 5 - Prob. 5.104P

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