DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI

MASS TRANFER ASSIGNMENT (MID EVALUATION – 2)

FIFTH SEMESTER 2020

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answers should be relevant and to the point.
Should be handwritten on proper full escape sheets.
This assignment covers 45 marks out of 60 for your midterm evaluation.
Do not forget to attach this question sheet with your answers.
Refer your course books and reference books provided to you by your teachers.

PLO CLO MARKS

Q#1 Discuss the following theories of Mass Transfer 1 1 7.5
i. The Film Theory
ii. The Penetration Theory
iii. The Surface Renewal Theory
iv. The Boundary Layer Theory
v. Dimensionless Numbers in Mass Transfer

Q#2 Design a Sieve tray for the separation of a mixture of benzene and 3 3 10
toluene on the basis of following data and information.The column
will have 30 trays, the feed entering at the 13th tray from top.
Liquid Rate ,top: L = 14,100 Kg/h, bottom: L = 15,300Kg/h;
vapour rate, top: G = 23,300 kg/h, bottom: G = 24,500 kg/h;
Liquid Density = 810 kg/m3, Average Vapor density = 2.65Kg/m3
Average Liquid Surface Tension = 20.5 dyne/cm.
Temperature;T = 82 ◦C,
Average pressure at the column top = 18psia.
Use the flow rates at column bottom for design calculations.

Q#3 Illustrate the equation of countinuity that provides material 2 2 05

balance for stream line flow of an incompressible fluid.
Q#4 Explain common types of flooding of a tray tower with special 1 1 6.5
mentioning of the mechanisms and name few commercial ‘high
capacity trays’ and their manufacturers
Q#5 Apply equations (5.4) and (5.19) mentioned in Principles of Mass 2 2 8
Transfer and Separation Processes by Binay K. Dutta by appropriate
force balances [on the liquid droplets for eq. (5.4); liquid head and
surface tension for eq. (5.19)].
Q#6 Solve for the calculation of the maximum diameter of a crystal of 3 3 8
KCl that will not grow in a solution having 5% supersaturation (C/CS
= 1.05) at 20⁰C. Given the density of solid KCl = 1990 kg/m3; mol.
Weight = 74.5 g/gmol; solid-liquid interfacial tension = 0.030 J/m2.