Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

IIT Bombay
MM 659 -Transport Phenomenon
(Autumn, 2016-2017)
Tutorial - 1
(27th July, 2016)
1. In winter, most of us use a simple continuous water heater in our bath rooms. A
schematic of the water heater is shown in the figure below. We have a water heater
with a power rating of 3kW. The reservoir in the heater holds 2 litres of water any
time. During winter season, the temperature of incoming water is approximately 15 o
C. If I want the water to be heated up to 40o C, what should be the flow rate I should
maintain? As per instructions, I should open the cold water tap as soon as I switch the
heater on. Of course, then you will not start getting the hot water immediately after
you switch on the heater and the water tap to the heater. My 7 year old son, asked me
one day "Pappa, why dont you wait for the water to heat up and then open the tap".
Can you tell me how long should I wait before opening the tap? Remember, always
there would be 2 liters of water in the reservoir at 15o C at the start. More often than
not, I would either open the tap later than I planned or earlier! Can you draw a
schematic of the evolution of temperature in the reservoir with time when I open the
tap as per planned, later than I planned and earlier than I planned? Please note that
when I open the tap, I would get the temperature of water same as that in the
reservoir.

2. Suppose that you are working in an organic chemistry lab in which 10 kg of

compound A is added to 100 kg of a 16% aqueous solution of B (which has a density
of 913 kg/m3). The following reaction occurs:

A has a molar mass of 25 g/mol and B has a molar mass of 47 g/mol. If the
equilibrium constant for this reaction is 187 at 298K, perform mass balance and how
much of compound C could you obtain from this reaction? Assume that all products
and reactants are soluble in water at the design conditions. Adding 10 kg of A to the
solution causes the volume to increase by 5 L. Assume that the volume does not
change over the course of the reaction.