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ERT 216 HEAT & MASS TRANSFER SEM2, 2012/2013

Tutorial: Principles of Mass Transfer (Part 3)

1. In a wetted-wall tower an air-H2S mixture is flowing by a film of water that is


flowing as a thin film down a vertical plate. The H2S is being absorbed from the
air to the water at a total pressure of 1.50 atm abs and 300C. A value for kc’ of
9.567x10-4 m/s has been predicted for the gas-phase mass transfer coefficient.
At a given point the mole fraction of H2S in the liquid at the liquid-gas interface is
2.0 x 10-5 and pA of H2S in the gas is 0.05 atm. The Henry’s law equilibrium
relation is pA (atm) = 609 xA (mole fraction in liquid). Calculate the rate of
absorption of H2S.

2. Toluene A is evaporating from a wetted porous slab by having inert pure air at 1
atm flowing parallel to the flat surface. At a certain point the mass-transfer
coefficient kx’ for very low fluxes has been estimated as 0.20 Ib mol/hr.ft 2.
Calculate the flux ratios kx0/kx’ for xA1= 0.65, 0.20, and 0.01 to correct for high
flux and plot the ratio versus xA1.

3. A large volume of pure water at 26.10C is flowing parallel to a flat plate of solid
benzoic acid, where L = 0.137 m in the direction of flow. The solubility of benzoic
acid in water is 0.02948 kg mol/m3. The diffusivity of benzoic acid is 1.245 x 10 -9
m2/s. The physical properties of water at 26.10C: µ = 8.71 x 10-4 Pa.s, ρ = 996
kg/m3, DAB = 1.245 x 10-9 m2/s.
(a) Calculate xBM
(b) Calculate the flux for a water velocity of 0.152 m/s.

4. A pure water at 26.10C is flowing at a velocity of 0.0305 m/s in a tube having an


inside diameter of 6.35 mm. The tube is 1.829 m long with the last 1.22 m
having the walls coated with benzoic acid. The physical properties of water at
26.10C: µ = 8.71 x 10-4 Pa.s, ρ = 996 kg/m3, DAB = 1.245 x 10-9 m2/s.

Assuming that the velocity profile is fully developed, calculate the average
concentration of benzoic acid at the outlet.

5. It is desired to estimate the mass-transfer coefficient kG in kg mol/s.m2.Pa for


water vapour in air at 338.6K and 101.32 kPa flowing in a large duct past solids
of different geometries as stated below. The velocity in the duct is 3.66 m/s. The
water vapour concentration in the air is small, so the physical properties of air
can be used. Water vapour is being transferred to the solids.
(a) A single 25.4 mm diameter sphere
(b) A packed bed of 25.4 mm spheres with ε = 0.35.

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6. Pure water at 26.10C is flowing at a rate of 0.0701 ft3/h through a packed bed of
0.251-in benzoic acid spheres having a total surface area of 0.129 ft 2. The
solubility of benzoic acid in water is 0.00184 Ib mol benzoic acid/ft 3 solution. The
outlet concentration cA2 is 1.80x10-4 Ib mol/ft3. Calculate the mass-transfer
coefficient kc.

7. Calculate the maximum possible rate of oxygen uptake at 37 0C of


microorganisms having a diameter of 2/3 µm suspended in an agitated aqueous
solution. It is assumed that the surrounding liquid is saturated with O 2 from air at
1 atm abs. pressure. It will be assumed that the microorganism can utilize the
oxygen much faster than it can diffuse to it. The microorganism has a density
very close to that of water. The solubility of O2 from air in water at 370C is 2.26 x
10-7 g mol O2/cm3 liquid or 2.26 x 10-4 kg mol O2/m3. The diffusivity of O2 in water
at 370C is 3.25 x 10-9 m2/s. At 370C, µc (water) = 6.947 x 10-4 Pa.s = 6.947 x 10-4
kg/m.s, ρc (water) = 994 kg/m3, ρp (air) = 1.13 kg/m3.

8. A total of 5.0 g of wet microorganisms having a density of 1100 kg/m 3 and a


diameter of 0.667 m are added to 0.100 L of aqueous solution at 37 0C in a
shaker flask for a fermentation. Air can enter through a porous stopper. The
solubility of O2 from air in water at 370C is 2.26 x 10-7 g mol O2/cm3 liquid or 2.26
x 10-4 kg mol O2/m3. The diffusivity of O2 in water at 370C is 3.25 x 10-9 m2/s. At
370C, µc (water) = 6.947 x 10-4 Pa.s = 6.947 x 10-4 kg/m.s, ρc (water) = 994
kg/m3, ρp (air) = 1.13 kg/m3.
(a) Calculate the maximum rate possible for mass transfer of oxygen in kg mol
O2/s to the surface of the microorganisms, assuming that the solution is
saturated with air at 101.32 kPa abs pressure.
(b) By material balances on other nutrients, the actual utilization of O2 by the
microorganisms is 6.30 x 10-6 kg mol O2/s. What would be the actual
concentration of O2 in the solution as percent saturation during the
fermentation?

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