Homework #4

Questions:

The following refer to the book Introduction to Chemical Engineering: Tools for Today and Tomorrow (5th Edition).

1. Consider the manufacture of xylenes case study in Chapter 14. Find the volume of the chemical reactor.

2. Homework Problem 1 from Chapter 8 on page 139

3. Homework Problem 4 from Chapter 8 on page 140. After solving this single case ‘by hand’, write a MATLAB function that takes one input, the mass of drug to be delivered, and produces one output, the time this delivery will take. The function signature should be

   function [delivery_time] = compute_delivery_time(drug_mass)

   Document your function using appropriate help lines and test the function using your ‘by hand’ answer.

4. Homework Problem 6 from Chapter 8 on page 140

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Review your responses to all of the homework questions before class so that you are prepared for the quiz on Tuesday!