MM 659 - Transport Phenomenon

Tutorial 1 Wednesday 7 th August, 2019

Problem 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
40 oC, 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 don’t 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 15oC 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
Problem 2. Suppose that you are working in an organic chemistry lab in which 10kg of
compound A is added to 100kg of a 16% aqueous solution of B (which has a density of
913kg/m3 ). The following reaction occurs: A has a molar mass of 25g/mol and B has a molar
mass of 47g/mol. If the equilibrium constant for this reaction is 187 at 298oK, 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 10kg
of A to the solution causes the volume to increase by 5L. Assume that the volume does not
change over the course of the reaction.