General procedure for material-balance problems

Show each significant step as a block, linked by lines and arrows to show the stream connections and flow direction. 

Show on the block diagram the known flows (or quantities) and stream compositions. 

Step 3. List all the information required from the balance. 

Step 5. Write out the chemical reactions involved for the main products and byproducts. 

Step 6. Note any other constraints, such as specified stream compositions, azeotropes, phase or reaction equilibrium, tie substances (see Section 2.11). 

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Developing a General Procedure for Material Balance Problems... 

This easy example helps in understanding some basic concepts of material balance and demonstrates a procedure to be considered when solving complex material balance problems. In the following sections, we will further analyze the specifics of material balance and then design and develop a general procedure for solving material balance problems, whether basic or complex. 

First, for now, these nine points are simply a list of recommendations, but we will analyze these recommendations later when we focus on developing an integral and general procedure for approaching, formulating, and solving material balance problems. Second, we will exemplify the relevance of these tips on warm-up examples and when solving problems in Sect. 7.9 (solved... 

Using the data provided, f = 7.9 X 10 s or 2.2 h to reach 95 percent conversion of the benzoquinone. This example illustrates the general procedure used for solving isothermal problems. First, write down the reaction rate expression. Second, formulate the material balance. Third, substitute the reaction rate expression into the material balance and solve. 

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In many situations the concentrations of solute in the bulk fluid, and even at the fluid interface, may vaiy in the direction of flow. Further, the mass-transfer coefficients depend upon fluid properties and rate of flow, and if these vary in the direction of flow, the coefficients will also. The flux of Eqs. (3.1) and (3.3) to (3.6) is therefore a local flux and will generally vary with distance in the direction of flow. This problem was dealt with, in part, in the development leading to Illustration 3.1. In solving problems where something other than the local flux is required, allowance must be made for these variations, ITiis normally requires some considerations of material balances, but there is no standard procedure. An example is offered below, but it must be emphasized that generally some sort of improvisation for the circumstances at hand will be required. 

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