Q.1)A volatile organic compound benzene costing Rs.

45 per kg is stored in a tank 10 m

diameter and open at top. A stagnant air film 10 mm thick is covering the surface of
compound beyond which the compound is absent. If the atmospheric temp is 25oC.
Vapour pressure of compound 150 mm Hg and its molar diffusivity is 0.02 m 2 /hr,
calculate the loss of benzene in Rs/day.

Q.2) Explain the Fick's second law of diffusion in detail.

Q.3) A solid disc of benzoic acid 3 cm in diameter is spin at 20 rpm and 25oC. Calculate
the rate of dissolution in a large volume of water. Diffusivity of benzoic acid in water is
1x10 -5 cm 2 /sec and solubility is 0.003 gm/cm 3 .
The following Mass transfer correlation is applicable.
Sh = 0.62 ( Re ) 0.5 ( SC ) 0.33
where, Re=D2wp/u
w = angular speed in rad/time for water, p= 1 gm/cm 3 , u= 1 CP

Q.4) What is mass transfer coefficient? Derive an equation which relates the overall and
Individual mass transfer coefficient.

Q.5) Adsorption equilibrium data for the decolorization of a sample of waste oil using a
special type of clay collected from a set of laboratory experiment could be fitted by a
Henry's law
type relation -: Y = 4.2 10 − 4 X * ,
where Y = no. of colour unit per kg of oil and
X * = no. of colour unit per kg clay in equilibrium.
1000 kg of waste oil having an initial colour concentration of 50 unit has to be treated to
reduce the concentration to 1 colour unit. The adsorbent has an effective specific surface
area of 25 m 2 /kg and the surface mass transfer coefficient is K L = 5.2 10 − 6 m / s
(on solid phase conc. basis)
The density of oil is 950 kg/m 3 .
a) Calculate the minimum quantity of adsorbent required.
b) What is the required contact time if 1.2 times the minimum amount of adsorbent is
used?

Q.6) Derive the equation for multistage cross-current adsorption operation.

Q.7) Experiments on decolourization of oil yielded the following equilibrium

relationship.
Y= 0 . 5 x 0 . 5
y = 9 colour removed / 9 adsorbent
x = colour of oil, 9 colour / 1000 g colour free oil.
100 kg oil containing 1 part of colour to 3 parts of oil is agitated with 25kg of adsorbent.
Calculate the % colour removed if
i) All 25kg of adsorbent is used in one step.
ii) 12.5kg of adsorbent is used initially followed by another 12.5kg of adsorbent.

Q.8.Answer any Two of the following.

a) Under what conditions are the mass average velocity and the molar average velocity
of the components of the mixture equal?
b) Under what condition does the diffusivity of the component i in the multicomponent
gas mixture remains constant over the length of the diffusion path?
c) What are the assumptions underlying the LUB method of design of an adsorption bed?
d) Why does a straight-chain hydrocarbon get adsorbed more on a zeolite than a
branched-chain one?

Q.9 Explain the following.

i) Effect of Reflux Ratio on number of plates.
ii)Absorption Factor.

Q.10 Explain the following.

i)Laws governing Distillation.

ii) batch Rectification

Q.11 Expain various seperation process in which working mechanism is mass transfer

Q.12 Name the Industrial absorbents and their physical properties.

Q.13 A sphere of naphthalene having a radius of 2.0mm is suspended in a large volume

of air at 318 K and 1.01325 10 pa (1 atm). The surface temperature of the naphthalene
can be assumed to be at 318 K and its vapor pressure at 318 K is 0.555 mmHg. The D AB
of naphthalene in air at 318 K is
6.92 10 − 6 m 2 / s .
Calculate the rate of evaporation of naphthalene from the surface.

Q.14 Explain the meaning of gas phase controlled rate of mass transfer.

Q.15 The equilibrium distribution of solute C between A and B (upto 30% of C in

solution in A) is given 10 by Y = 3.75 X where X and Y are the concentrations of C in A
and B respectively, both the mass ratio units (i.e. mass of the solute per unit mass of the
solute free solvent). The solvent A and B are respectively immiscible. It is required to
calculate the amount of the solvent B required to separate 95% of C from 1000 kg of a
15% (by mass) solution of C in A for the following separation schemes.
i) An ideal single stage contact
ii) An ideal three stage crosscurrent contact, the amount of the solvent used in each stage
being
equal.
iii) A very large number of cross current contacts using an infinitesimal amount of the
solvent in each stage.

Q.16 Describe Lewis-Sorel and Mc-Cabe Thiele methods to determine the number
of theoretical plates in distillation column (14)

Q.17.100gms of each of methanoland ethanol are mixed at 20ºC to prepare an ideal

mixture. The vapour pressure of pure methanol is 88.7 mmHg and vapour pressure of
pure ethanol is 44.5mmHg. Calculate
i)Partial Pressure of A and B
ii) Composition of vapour and liquid phase (07)

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Q.18.100 moles of benzene and Toluene mixture containing 50 mole% of benzene is
subjected to differential distillation at atmospheric pressure till the composition of
benzene in the residue is 33 mole%. Calculate the total moles of the mixture distilled.
Average relative Volatility may be assumed as 2.16