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Chapter 7 - Exercise

The document contains 5 exercises related to convective mass transfer. Exercise 1 calculates the average mass transfer coefficient and rate of loss for naphthalene vaporizing from a flat plate into air flow. Exercise 2 obtains expressions for the average film transfer coefficient for laminar boundary layers over flat plates at different Reynolds numbers. Exercise 3 determines the increase in mass transfer rate for a naphthalene ball in stagnant air versus blowing air. Exercises 4 and 5 calculate mass transfer rates for different scenarios involving dissolution or evaporation using various mass transfer correlations.

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Chapter 7 - Exercise

The document contains 5 exercises related to convective mass transfer. Exercise 1 calculates the average mass transfer coefficient and rate of loss for naphthalene vaporizing from a flat plate into air flow. Exercise 2 obtains expressions for the average film transfer coefficient for laminar boundary layers over flat plates at different Reynolds numbers. Exercise 3 determines the increase in mass transfer rate for a naphthalene ball in stagnant air versus blowing air. Exercises 4 and 5 calculate mass transfer rates for different scenarios involving dissolution or evaporation using various mass transfer correlations.

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MyLe Du Mass Transfer Subject – EN2015 – K2017

CHAPTER 7: CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER

Exercise #1

A stream of air at 100 kPa pressure and 300 K is flowing on the top surface of a thin
flat sheet of solid naphthalene of length 0.2 m with a velocity of 20 m/sec. The other
data are:

Mass diffusivity of naphthalene vapor in air = 6 * 10 –6 m 2/sec


Kinematic viscosity of air = 1.5 * 10 –5 m 2.sc
Concentration of naphthalene at the air-solid naphthalene interface = 1 * 10 –
5 kmol/m3

Calculate:

(a) the overage mass transfer coefficient over the flat plate
(b) the rate of loss of naphthalene from the surface per unit width

Note: For heat transfer over a flat plate, convective heat transfer coefficient for laminar
flow can be calculated by the equation.
Nu  0.664 Re1L 2 Pr 1 3

you may use analogy between mass and heat transfer.

Exercise #2

If the local Nusselt number for the laminar boundary layer that is formed over a flat
plate is

Nu x  0.332 Re 1x 2 Sc 1 / 3

Obtain an expression for the average film-transfer coefficient k c, when the Reynolds
number for the plate is

a) Re L = 100 000
b) Re L = 1500 000

The transition from laminar to turbulent flow occurs at Re x = 3 * 10 5.

Exercise #3

The mass flux from a 5 cm diameter naphthalene ball placed in stagnant air at 40C
and atmospheric pressure, is 1.47 * 10 –3 mol/m 2. sec. Assume the vapor pressure
of naphthalene to be 0.15 atm at 40C and negligible bulk concentration of
naphthalene in air. If air starts blowing across the surface of naphthalene ball at 3 m/s

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by what factor will the mass transfer rate increase, all other conditions remaining the
same?

For spheres:

Sh = 2.0 + 0.6 (Re) 0.5 (Sc)0.33

Where Sh is the Sherwood number and Sc is the Schmids number. The viscosity and
density of air are 1.8 * 10 –5 kg/m.s and 1.123 kg/m 3, respectively and the gas constant
is 82.06 cm 3 . atm/mol.K.

Exercise #4

A solid disc of benzoic acid 3 cm in diameter is spin at 20 rpm and 25C. Calculate
the rate of dissolution in a large volume of water. Diffusivity of benzoic acid in water
is 1.0 * 10 –5 cm 2/sec, and solubility is 0.003 g/cc. The following mass transfer
correlation is applicable:

Sh = 0.62 Re ½ Sc 1/3

D2 
Where Re  and  is the angular speed in radians/time.

Exercise #5

Air at 1 atm is blown past the bulb of a mercury thermometer. The bulb is covered with
a wick. The wick is immersed in an organic liquid (molecular weight = 58). The reading
of the thermometer is 7.6 C. At this temperature, the vapor pressure of the liquid is
5 kPa. Find the air temperature, given that the ratio fo heat transfer coefficient to the
mass transfer coefficient (psychrometric ratio) is 2 kJ/kg. Assume that the air, which
is blown, is free from the organic vapor.

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