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This document provides details on three mass transfer experiments. The first experiment involves the sublimation of a naphthalene sphere in air. The second examines the evaporation of acetone from a shallow pan into an air stream. The third validates the mass transfer coefficient predicted for the second experiment using empirical equations.

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Assignment 3

This document provides details on three mass transfer experiments. The first experiment involves the sublimation of a naphthalene sphere in air. The second examines the evaporation of acetone from a shallow pan into an air stream. The third validates the mass transfer coefficient predicted for the second experiment using empirical equations.

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Assignment3(MassTransfer)

Course : Mass Transfer Operation I, Eng 3338, (Fall 2012) Due Date: October, 19, 2012 (4:30 PM) Deliver to CB 4116 1- In a laboratory experiment, air at 347 K and 1 atm is blown at high speed around a single naphthalene (C10H8) sphere, which sublimates partially. When the experiment begins, the diameter of the sphere is 2.0 cm. At the end of the experiment, 14.32 min later, the diameter of the sphere is 1.85 cm. (a) Estimate the mass-transfer coefficient, based on the average surface area of the particle, expressing the driving force in terms of partial pressures. The density of solid naphthalene is 1.145 g/cm3 and its vapor pressure at 347 K is 670 Pa. Answer: kG = 0.012 mol/m2-s-kPa (b) Calculate the mass-transfer coefficient for the driving force in terms of molar concentrations. Answer: kc = 0.034 m/s 2- In a laboratory experiment, air at 300 K and 1 atm is blown at high speed parallel to the surface of a rectangular shallow pan that contains liquid acetone (C3H6O), which evaporates partially. The pan is I m long and 50 cm wide. It is connected to a reservoir containing liquid acetone, which automatically replaces the acetone evaporated, maintaining a constant liquid level in the pan. During an experimental run, it was observed that 2.0 L of acetone evaporated in 5 min. Estimate the mass-transfer coefficient. The density of liquid acetone at 300 K is 0.79 g/cm3; its vapor pressure is 27 kPa. Answer: FG = 0.586 mol/m2-s 3- During the experiment described in Problem 2, the air velocity was measured at 6 m/s , parallel to the longest side of the pan. Estimate the mass transfer coefficient predicted by equation 2 table 3.3 page 74 and compare it to the value measured experimentally. Notice that, due to the high volatility of acetone, the average acetone concentration in the gas film is relatively high. Therefore, properties such as density and viscosity should be estimated carefully. The following data for acetone might be needed: Tc = 508.1 K, Pc = 47.0 bar, MW = 58, Vc = 209 cm3/mol, and Zc = 0.232. Answer: FG = 0.617 mol/m2-s

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