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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HAMIRPUR


(An Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD)

Department of Chemical Engineering

CH-311 MASS TRANSFER I

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION (Session 2023-24)

Maximum Marks: 50 I Time: 3 hour

Instructions:

• Make suitable assumptions, if necessary, by clearly stating them.


• Draw the figure wherever needed.
• Exchange of calculator, pen, pencil etc. are strictly not allowed.
• Graphs should be in pencil

Ql. (2 Marks) (C04)

A power plant is planning to install two cooling towers to cool process water. Tower 1
needs to cool water from 50°C to 32°C with inlet cold air having wet bulb temperature
25°C. Tower 2 needs to cool water from 50°C to 28°C with inlet cold air having wet bulb
temperature 25°C. Which tower according to you need to have a higher packing size and
why?

Q2. (6 Marks) (C01 and C04)


In a wetted column, a gas A is being stripped from A-water solution into an air stream. At
a certain point in the column, the concentration of component A in liquid is 4.8 kmole/m3
and partial pressure of component AM gas stream is 1 atm. The equilibrium relation for
dilute solution of component A in water is given by pA,i = 0.25 CA,i , pA,i and CA,i are the
equilibrium partial pressure and concentration respectively. The overall liquid coefficient
is KL, = 0.0144 kmol A/ (hr. m2 . Ax). If the gas phase offers 70% of the total resistance
to mass transfer calculate the following
a. convective mass transfer coefficient in liquid phase
b. convective mass transfer coefficient in gas phase
c. Overall mass transfer coefficient in gas phase

Q3. (3 Marks) (CO3 and C01)

In a refinery plant, gas containing 3% cyclohexane and 95% inerts has to be treated with
oil in a packed tower. It is expected to remove 98% of the cyclohexane of the feed gas. The
feed solvent is free from cyclohexane. If the feed gas rate is 70 kmol/hr, calculate the
minimum solvent rate. The equilibrium relation is given as
0.2X
Y=
1 + 0.8X

Q4. (3 Marks) (CO3 and C04)


A highly efficient forced draft cooling tower is rated to cool 10000 gph of water from 40
°C to 28 °C. The TDS of the water in circulation must be limited to 500 ppm and that of
the makeup water is known to be 250 ppm. Drift loss is half of the total blowdown.
Consider evaporation rate is given by: E=(water flow rate in gpm)(range in °F)(0.0008)
in gpm. Estimate the rate of blowdown and the makeup water necessary to run the cooling
tower.

Q5. (1+4+5=10 Marks) (CO3 and C04)


A wet solid having 32% moisture is to be dried on a tray dryer to a final moisture I %.
There are two critical moisture values over the whole drying time: X,1 = 0.15 and Xc2 =
0.09. In the first falling period drying flux is linear in the moisture content; in the second
falling rate drying flux is proportional to the square of the moisture content. The
equilibrium moisture is negligible. According to the laboratory test, the constant drying
kg
rate is 4 kg/(m2 .h). The solid loading of the dryer is 30 — . Calculate the drying time in
m2
the following zone
(a) constant drying period
(b) first falling rate period
(c) second falling rate period.
Consider that the drying time conditions are the same as in the laboratory test. Assume the
continuity of drying flux at the second critical moisture content. All of the moisture
content are expressed as 'dry basis'. (2+3+5)

Q6. (2x5=10 Marks) (C04)


Determine the following psychrometric properties of a moist air sample having a dry-bulb
temperature 40 °C and wet-bulb temperature of 30°C using the psyclu-ometric chart for
air-water system
a. Absolute humidity and relative humidity
b. Dew point
c. Adiabatic saturation humidity
d. Enthalpy
e. Humid volume
3984.923
The Antoine equations for water is InPAy (bar) = 11.96481 T-39.724', where T
is in K. The total pressure is 1 atm. You need to show the respective lines on the
graph and complete all of the calculations.
Q7. (10 Marks) (C01 and CO2)
By what percentage would the rate of absorption be increased or decreased by increasing
the total pressure from 100 to 200 kN m -2 in the following: (5+5)

a. The absorption of NH3 from a mixture of NH3 and air containing 10% NH3 by
volume using pure water as solvent. Assume all the resistance lies in the gas
phase.
b. The same continues as in (a) but absorbing liquid exerts partial pressure of
NH3 equal to 51(Nm-2 . The diffusivity be assumed to be inversely related to
absorption pressure.

Q8. (6 Marks)(C04)
The acetone from an acetone-air mixture is scrubbed with water in a packed absorption
tower using 1- Rasching ring. The entering gas mixture has 2 mole % of acetone and the
gas leaving the tower is expected to have acetone only to the extent of 0.2 mole %. The
gas rate and liquid rate are 160 and 290 kg/hr m 2 respectively. The temperature is 25°C
and the pressure is 1 atm. The equilibrium relation is given by Y = 2.53X. Following
relations are available to calculate the height of transfer units as under in feet:
HG = 6.41 G o.32 L-o.53.1. 6o.5

L 0.22
1.981
HL = 0.01 {- 690°.5.

Where G is in lb /(hr .m2 )(g as) and L is in lb /(hr.m2 )(liquid). Determine the height
of packed tower. Given data: molecular wt of air is 28 and mol wt of acetone is 58.
but na ultt.t e rn'fkg dry air

= cpthatpy, dry a ir
1,4
ra
(--7;

=
se7e
absolute humidity, k s, water k.-apniarrkst dry air
_I..a i t f F tit I t till

— enthalpy, kilg dry air

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