FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Assessment: Test 1 – Semester 2
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMME: Chemical Engineering
SUBJECT: Transfer Processes
SUBJECT CODE: TFP261S
DATE: 26TH September 2022
TIME: 8h30-10h30
MARKS: 42
NUMBER OF PAGES: 3 (including cover page)
EXAMINER: A. Marshall
INTERNAL MODERATOR: Z. Gwele
EXTERNAL MODERATOR: N/A
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
No ELO’s are tested
Answer ALL questions.
REQUIREMENTS
Answer Books
Calculators
Instructions: - Answer either question 1 or question 2. Questions 3 and 4 are compulsory
Question 1
Air at 325.6K, and an average pressure of 202.6 kPa flows through a naphthalene tube
that has an inside diameter of 20mm and length of 1.7m, at a bulk velocity of 1.524m/s.
The diffusivity of naphthalene in air is 3.512x10-6 m2/s, and the vapour pressure is 76Pa.
Assuming that the absolute pressure remains essentially constant, determine the
Sherwood number and the mass transfer coefficient.
Data:
Viscosity of air = 1.97x10-5 Pa.s
Density of air = 2.172 kg/m3
Gas constant R = 8314 J/kgmol.K
Molecular weight of air = 29kg/kgmol 12
Question 2
Determine the mass transfer coefficient and the flux for mass transfer from a sphere of
naphthalene to air at 450C and 1atm.abs flowing at a velocity of 0.305 m/s. the diameter of
the sphere is 25..4mm. The diffusivity of naphthalene in air at 45 )C is 6.92c10-6 m2/s and
the vapour pressure of solid naphthalene is 74Pa.
DAB =6.92x10-6
Viscosity of air = 1.93x10-5 Pa.s
Density of air = 1.113 kg/m3
Gas constant R = 8314 J/kgmol.K
Molecular weight of air = 29kg/kgmol 12
Question 3
A large volume of pure gas B at 2atm is flowing over a surface from which pure A is
vaporising. The liquid A completely wets the surface, which is a blotting paper. Hence, the
partial pressure of A at the surface is the vapour pressure of A at 298K, which is 0.20 atm.
The ky’ has been estimated to be 6.78 x 10 -5 kgmol/s.m2.mol frac. Calculate NA; ky; and kG
knowing that ky = ky’/yBM 15
Question 4
Tests are made on the absorption of carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide–air mixture in
a solution containing 100 kg/m3 of caustic soda, using a 250 mm diameter tower packed
to a height of 3 m with 19 mm Raschig rings.
The results obtained at atmospheric pressure were:
Gas rate, G_ = 0.34 kg/m2s. Liquid rate, L_ = 3.94 kg/m2s.
The carbon dioxide in the inlet gas was 315 parts per million and the carbon dioxide in the
exit gas was 31 parts per million.
4.1 What is the value of the overall gas transfer coefficient KGa? 10
4.2 What are the values of HOG and NoG ? 5
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Total Marks = 42
