CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: AEC

ASSIGNMENT NO.3, 15/05/19

MASS TRANSFER OPERATION – 1

(To be submitted on or before 20-05-19)

Problem no 6.1 , Dutta: A packed tower is to be designed for the absorption of 98% of the
ammonia (A) from an air ammonia mixture containing 4% ammonia at a rate of 4200 Nm 3
(normal cubic metre) per hour using water as the solvent. The tower operates at 105.1
kPa and 303 K. The equilibrium data for NH3 – water system at 303K are given below:

(a) Calculate and plot the equilibrium data as xA vs. pA, xA vs. yA and XA vs. YA. Upto
what value of PNH3 can Henry’s Law be used to describe the equilibrium?
(b) Calculate the minimum liquid rate for the absorption (the inlet water is NH 3 free).
[CO-5]

Problem number 10.6.3, Geankoplis: A tray tower is to be used to remove 99% of the
ammonia from an entering stream containing 6 mol% ammonia at 293 K and 1.013 x 10 5
Pa. The entering pure water flow rate is 188 kg H2O/h.m2 and the inert air flow is 128 kg
air/h.m2. Calculate the number of theoretical trays needed. Use equilibrium data from
appendix A.3. For the dilute end of the tower, plot an expanded diagram to step off the
number of trays more accurately. [CO-5]
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