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    This document provides instructions and examples for calculating mass transfer rates using diffusion equations. It includes 6 practice problems of increasing complexity that involve calculating the flux or rate of transfer for various gases diffusing through tubes or being absorbed from gas mixtures into liquids. The document provides the necessary equations, known values like temperatures, pressures, and diffusivities, and asks the reader to calculate flux, partial pressures, or rates of absorption.

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    This document provides instructions and examples for calculating mass transfer rates using diffusion equations. It includes 6 practice problems of increasing complexity that involve calculating the flux or rate of transfer for various gases diffusing through tubes or being absorbed from gas mixtures into liquids. The document provides the necessary equations, known values like temperatures, pressures, and diffusivities, and asks the reader to calculate flux, partial pressures, or rates of absorption.

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    National University of Science and Technology

    Department of Chemical Engineering


    Mass Transfer 1B : Absorption Tutorial

    1. Oxygen gas (A) and carbon dioxide (B) are kept in two adjacent storage vessels. The storage
    vessels are maintained at a constant pressure of 1.0132 x 105 Pa pressure and temperature of
    298K. A uniform tube 0.1-m long connects the two storage vessels.

    The partial pressure of A in the oxygen tank is pA1 = 1.104 x 105 Pa whilst the partial pressure
    in the CO2 vessel is, pA2 = 0.717 x 105 Pa. The diffusivity DAB = 0.230 x 10-4 m2/s. R = 8314
    m3.Pa/kg-mole.K

    (a) Calculate the flux JA at steady-state.


    (b) Repeat for JB.

    2. The gas CO2 (MW = 44) is diffusing at steady-state through a tube 20-cm long having
    a diameter of 1.0-cm and containing N2 (MW = 28) at 298 K. The total pressure is
    constant at 101.32 kPa. The partial pressure of CO2 at one end is 456 mm-Hg and 76
    mm-Hg at the other end. The diffusivity DAB is 0.167 cm2 /s at 298 K. Calculate the
    flux of CO2 in N2.

    Repeat your calculations if the diffusion is between (a) H2 (MW = 2) and N2, where the
    diffusivity DAB is 0.784 cm2 /s at 298 K, and (b) NH3 (MW = 17) and N2 , where the
    diffusivity DAB is 0.230 cm2 /s at 298 K.. Discuss your results.

    Comments on your results.

    3. Ammonia gas (A) is diffusing through air (B) under steady-state conditions, with the
    air non-diffusing. The total pressure is 1 x 103 N/m2, and the temperature 0 oC. The
    diffusion path is 1.7 mm. The partial pressures of ammonia at the 2 ends are 11500
    and 5400 N/m2 respectively. The diffusivity of the mixture is 1.87 x 10-5 m2/s.

    Calculate the molar flux of ammonia in the mixture. Given R = 8314 (m3.Pa)/(kg-mole.K)

    4. Ammonia gas (component-A) and nitrogen gas (component-B) are diffusing in


    counter-diffusion through a straight glass tube 0.610-m long with an inside diameter of 24.4-
    mm at 298 K and 101.32 kPa. Both ends of the tube are connected to a large mixed chambers
    at 101.32 kPa. The partial pressure of NH3 in one chamber is constant at 20.0 kPa and 6.666
    kPa in the other chamber. The diffusivity at 298 K and 101.32 kPa is 2.30 x 10-5 m2/s.

    (a) Calculate the diffusion of NH3 in kg-mole/s


    (b) Calculate the diffusion of N2 in kg-mole/s
    (c) Calculate the partial pressures at a point 0.305-m in the tube.

    5. The solute A is being absorbed from a gas mixture of A and B in a column. The column is
    operating at 298 K and 1.013 x 105 Pa. At a certain point along the column the bulk gas
    concentration is yAG = 0.380 (mole fraction) and the bulk liquid concentration is xAL = 0.100
    (mole fraction). The solute A diffuses through a non-diffusing B in the gas phase and then
    through the non-diffusing liquid.

    From appropriate correlations for mass transfer, the film mass transfer coefficients for solute
    A in the gas and liquid phases are ky = 1.465 x 10-3 kg-mole A/(m2.s.mole fraction) and kx =
    1.967 x 10-3 kg-mole A/(m2.s.mole fraction) respectively.

    Determine the mole fraction of solute A at the interface, yAi and xAi and calculate the flux NA
    for both gas and liquid phases (in kg-mole A/m2.s).

    The equilibrium solubility data at 298 K and 1.013 x 105 Pa are as follows:

    x 0 0,05 0,10 0,15 0,20 0,25 0,30 0,35


    y 0 0,022 0,052 0,087 0,131 0,187 0,265 0,385

    6. In a gas absorption column, an air-H2S mixture is flowing counter-currently with water


    which is flowing as a thin film. The H2S (component A) is being absorbed from the air into
    the water at an operating temperature of 30oC and total pressure of 1.50 atm (abs).

    At a given point in the column, the mole fraction of H2S in the liquid at the gas-liquid
    interface is 2.0 x 10-5 and the partial pressure of H2S in the bulk gas phase is 0.05 atm. The
    mass transfer coefficient in the gas phase kC has been estimated to be 9.567 x 10-4 kg-
    mole/(m2.s.kg-mole.m-3). The equilibrium relationship for the system can be described by
    Henry's Law as pA = 609 xA where pA is measured in atm and xA is the mole fraction of A in
    the liquid.

    Given R = 82.057 x 10-3 m3.atm/kg-mole.K, determine the rate of absorption of H2S in kg-
    mole/m2.s using the following mass transfer equation:

    NA=KC(CAG-CAi) ; where CA is concentration of A in kg-mole/m3.

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