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This document contains a tutorial on mass transfer operations from King Saud University. It includes 3 practice problems related to calculating evaporation rates of liquid droplets, determining mass transfer rates through conical sections, and calculating molar flux of CO2 diffusing through air in a triangular conduit. The problems are accompanied by relevant equations, figures, and parameter values to solve each mass transfer scenario. Good luck is wished by the professor, Dr. Anis H. Fakeeha.

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Tutorial 3

This document contains a tutorial on mass transfer operations from King Saud University. It includes 3 practice problems related to calculating evaporation rates of liquid droplets, determining mass transfer rates through conical sections, and calculating molar flux of CO2 diffusing through air in a triangular conduit. The problems are accompanied by relevant equations, figures, and parameter values to solve each mass transfer scenario. Good luck is wished by the professor, Dr. Anis H. Fakeeha.

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King Saud University College of Engineering Chemical Engineering Dept.

ChE 314 Tutorial # 3 11/3/1429

Mass Transfer Operations


Good Luck Prof. Dr. Anis H. Fakeeha

1. A drop of liquid toluene is kept at a uniform temperature of 25.9 C and is suspended in air by a fine wire. The initial radius of the drop r1 = 2.0 mm. The vapor pressure of toluene at 25.9 C is pA1 = 3.84 kPa and the density of liquid toluene is 866 kg/m3. a. Drive equation (6.2-34) to predict the time tF for the drop to evaporate completely in a large volume of still air. Show all steps. b. Calculate the time in seconds for complete evaporation.

2. Determine the mass transfer for the conical section shown in Fig. (1) below. The concentration of CO2 in air is 30 mole % at the 10 cm opening, and 3 mole % at the 5 cm opening. For this mixture, the diffusion coefficient is 0.164 cm2/s. The gas is at 1 atm and 25 C (298.15 K) everywhere. The section is 30 cm thick.

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10 cm 30 % CO2 5 cm 3 % CO2

Fig. (1): A conical section for mass transfer

3. The gas CO2 (A) is diffusing at steady-state through air (B) by equimolar counter diffusion in a conduit 1.22 m long at 25 C and a total pressure of 1 atm abs. The partial pressure of CO2 at the left end is 0.25 atm and 0.05 atm at the other end. The cross-section of the conduit is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. The length of each side of the triangle being 0.061 m at the left end and tapering uniformly to 0.0305 m at the right end. Calculate the molar flux of CO2 in kg mole/m2 .s.

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