CHE 313 (Spring) __________________

LAST NAME, FIRST

Problem set #6
1-8 Copy the program Mass6.exe from the class distribution folder to your flash or H drive. You
can also download the program from the website:
https://www.csupomona.edu/~tknguyen/che313/homework.htm.
Run the program and solve all 8 problems in any order. Solve the problem with the data provided
by the program, copy the problem statement to Word. The program will check your answer and
provide an answer code when you click on “Check”. Copy the answer code and paste them after
the problem statement or next to the answer.

Your work must follow the format given in assignment #1 to receive full credit:

You will not receive full credit if you do not provide every step in the calculation even if
you use a Matlab program.

9) Liquid water at 25oC is to be aerated in a bubble column where finely air bubbles with
diameter dB of 0.5 mm are injected cocurrently with the liquid. The interfacial contact area, a,
between air and water can be calculated from the expression a = 6/dB, where  is the volume
fraction of the injected air. The bubble column is 5 m high with a superficial liquid velocity of
0.2 m/s. The oxygen concentration of the inlet water is 0.12×10 -4 kmol/m3. The saturated oxygen
concentration is 2.67×10-4 kmol/m3. The diffusivity of oxygen in water is 2.42×10-9 m2/s. The
volume fraction of the injected air is 0.2. Write your own Matlab program to plot the
concentration of oxygen in water as a function of distance along the column if the mass transfer
coefficient for the transfer of oxygen from the liquid interface to the bulk water is (a) 5.8×10 -6
m/s and (b) 5.8×10-5 m/s. Use the Title command to label your name on the graph.