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Enhance your mastery of chemical engineering basics with the Solutions Manual for Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 4th Edition by Felder, Rousseau, and Bullard. This manual offers fully solved, step-by-step answers to every end-of-chapter problem, making it an essential companion for chemical engineering students tackling mass balances, energy balances, and process design. Ideal for first-year undergraduates and students preparing for exams, this guide helps demystify complex topics like recycle/bypass streams, phase equilibria, psychrometrics, and chemical reaction engineering. What’s Inside: • Complete solutions for all end-of-chapter problems • Step-by-step mass and energy balance calculations • Diagrams, flowcharts, and conversion help • Clear formatting and process-based explanations • High-quality searchable PDF – ready for download Felder Solutions Manual, Chemical Engineering PDF, Mass Balance Solved, Energy Balance Problems, Felder 4th Edition, Recycle Stream Help, Unit Conversions Guide, Process Design Basics, Thermodynamics Calculations, Process Flow Diagrams, Reaction Stoichiometry Solved, Psychrometrics Examples, First-Year ChemE, Chemical Process Problems, Chemical Stoichiometry Help, Process Control Calculations, Engineering Problem Solving, Felder Bullard Rousseau, Bypass Stream Solutions, Chemical Engineering Fundamentals

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SOLUTION MANUAL

, CHAPTER TWO

3 wk 7d 24 h 3600 s 1000 ms
2.1 (a) = 18144
. × 10 9 ms
1 wk 1 d 1 h 1 s
38.1 ft / s 0.0006214 mi 3600 s
(b) = 25.98 mi / h ⇒ 26.0 mi / h
3.2808 ft 1 h
554 m 4 1d 1h 1 kg 108 cm 4
(c) = 3.85 × 10 4 cm 4 / min⋅ g
d ⋅ kg 24 h 60 min 1000 g 1 m 4

760 mi 1 m 1 h
2.2 (a) = 340 m / s
h 0.0006214 mi 3600 s
921 kg 2.20462 lb m 1 m3
(b) = 57.5 lb m / ft 3
m3 1 kg 35.3145 ft 3
5.37 × 10 3 kJ 1 min 1000 J 1.34 × 10 -3 hp
(c) = 119.93 hp ⇒ 120 hp
min 60 s 1 kJ 1 J/s

2.3 Assume that a golf ball occupies the space equivalent to a 2 in × 2 in × 2 in cube. For a
classroom with dimensions 40 ft × 40 ft × 15 ft :
40 × 40 × 15 ft 3 (12) 3 in 3 1 ball
n balls = = 518
. × 10 6 ≈ 5 million balls
ft 3 2 3 in 3
The estimate could vary by an order of magnitude or more, depending on the assumptions made.

2.4 4.3 light yr 365 d 24 h 3600 s 1.86 × 10 5 mi 3.2808 ft 1 step = 7 × 1016 steps
1 yr 1d 1 h 1 s 0.0006214 mi 2 ft

2.5 Distance from the earth to the moon = 238857 miles
238857 mi 1 m 1 report
= 4 × 1011 reports
0.0006214 mi 0.001 m

2.6
19 km 1000 m 0.0006214 mi 1000 L
= 44.7 mi / gal
1 L 1 km 1 m 264.17 gal
Calculate the total cost to travel x miles.
$1.25 1 gal x (mi)
Total Cost American = $14,500 + = 14,500 + 0.04464 x
gal 28 mi

$1.25 1 gal x (mi)
Total Cost European = $21,700 + = 21,700 + 0.02796 x
gal 44.7 mi


Equate the two costs ⇒ x = 4.3 × 10 5 miles




2-1

,2.7
5320 imp. gal 14 h 365 d 106 cm3 0.965 g 1 kg 1 tonne
plane ⋅ h 1 d 1 yr 220.83 imp. gal 1 cm 3
1000 g 1000 kg
tonne kerosene
= 1.188 × 105
plane ⋅ yr
4.02 × 109 tonne crude oil 1 tonne kerosene plane ⋅ yr
yr 7 tonne crude oil 1.188 × 10 tonne kerosene 5


= 4834 planes ⇒ 5000 planes


25.0 lb m 32.1714 ft / s 2 1 lb f
2.8 (a) = 25.0 lb f
32.1714 lb m ⋅ ft / s 2
25 N 1 1 kg ⋅ m/s 2
(b) = 2.5493 kg ⇒ 2.5 kg
9.8066 m/s 2 1N
10 ton 1 lb m 1000 g 980.66 cm / s 2 1 dyne
(c) = 9 × 10 9 dynes
5 × 10 -4
ton 2.20462 lb m 1 g ⋅ cm / s 2

50 × 15 × 2 m 3 35.3145 ft 3 85.3 lb m 32.174 ft 1 lb f
2.9 = 4.5 × 10 6 lb f
1 m3 1 ft 3 1 s 2
32.174 lb m / ft ⋅ s 2




500 lb m 1 kg 1 m3
≈ 5 × 10 2
FG 1 IJ FG 1 IJ ≈ 25 m
H 2 K H 10K
3
2.10
2.20462 lb m 11.5 kg

2.11 (a)
mdisplaced fluid = mcylinder ⇒ ρ f V f = ρ cVc ⇒ ρ f hπr 2 = ρ c Hπr 2
ρc
ρfh (30 cm − 14.1 cm)(100
. g / cm 3 )
ρc = = = 0.53 g / cm 3 H
H 30 cm
ρf
ρ H (30 cm)(0.53 g / cm 3 )
(b) ρ f = c = = 171. g / cm 3 h
h (30 cm - 20.7 cm)


2.12 πR 2 H πR 2 H πr 2 h R r R
Vs = ; Vf = − ; = ⇒r = h
3 3 3 H h H

⇒ Vf =
πR H2

FG IJ = πR FG H − h IJ
πh Rh
2 2 3
h

3 H HK
r
3 3 H H K 2 H

πR F h I πR H
2 3 2
ρ f V f = ρ sVs ⇒ρ
3 H G H− J
H K
f =ρ
3 2 s ρs
ρf


R
H H3 1
⇒ ρ f = ρs = ρs = ρs
H−
h3 H 3 − h3
1−
FG h IJ 3


H2 H HK

2-2

, 2.13 Say h( m) = depth of liquid
y
y= 1
dA
y=y=1––1+h
h
⇒ xx
1m x = 1– y 2
A(m 2 ) h

y= –1
dA
1− y 2
−1+ h
dA = dy ⋅ ∫ dx = 2 1 − y dy ⇒ A m
2
( )=2 ∫
2
1 − y 2 dy
− 1− y 2 −1


⇓ Table of integrals or trigonometric substitution
h −1
π
( )
A m 2 = y 1 − y 2 + sin −1 y ⎤⎥ = ( h − 1) 1 − ( h − 1) + sin −1 ( h − 1) +
⎦ −1
2

2
4 m × A( m 2 ) 0.879 g 10 6 cm 2 1 kg 9.81 N
b g
W N = cm 3
1m 3
10 g 3
kg
N
= 3.45 × 10 4 A
g g0

E Substitute for A
L
W b N g = 3.45 × 10 Mbh − 1g 1 − bh − 1g
4 2
b g π2 OPQ
+ sin −1 h − 1 +
N
2.14 1 lb f = 1 slug ⋅ ft / s 2 = 32.174 lb m ⋅ ft / s 2 ⇒ 1 slug = 32.174 lb m
1
1 poundal = 1 lb m ⋅ ft / s 2 = lb f
32.174
(a) (i) On the earth:
175 lb m 1 slug
M= = 5.44 slugs
32.174 lb m
175 lb m 32.174 ft 1 poundal
W= = 5.63 × 10 3 poundals
s 1 lb m ⋅ ft / s 2
2

(ii) On the moon
175 lb m 1 slug
M= = 5.44 slugs
32.174 lb m
175 lb m 32.174 ft 1 poundal
W= = 938 poundals
6 s 1 lb m ⋅ ft / s 2
2




355 poundals 1 lb m ⋅ ft / s 2 1 slug 1m
(b) F = ma ⇒ a = F / m =
25.0 slugs 1 poundal 32.174 lb m 3.2808 ft
= 0.135 m / s 2




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