Latihan Kelompok Mekanika Fluida Dan Partikel

LATIHAN KELOMPOK MEKANIKA FLUIDA DAN PARTIKEL
1. A spherical glass particle is allowed to settle freely in water. If the particle starts
initially from rest and if the value of the Reynolds number with respect to the particle
is 0.1 when it has attained its terminal falling velocity, calculate:
a. the distance travelled before the particle reaches 90 per cent of its terminal
falling velocity
b. the time elapsed when the acceleration of the particle is one hundredth of its
initialvalue.
2. In a hydraulic jig, a mixture of two solids is separated into its components by

subjecting an aqueous slurry of the material to a pulsating motion, and allowing the
particles to settle for a series of short time intervals such that their terminal falling
velocities are not attained. Materials of densities 1800 and 2500 kg/m3 whose
particle size ranges from 0.3 mm to 3 mm diameter are to be separated. It may be
assumed that the particles are approximately spherical and that Stokes Law is
applicable. Calculate approximately the maximum time interval for which the particles
may be allowed to settle so that no particle of the less dense material falls a greater
distance than any particle of the denser material. The viscosity of water is 1 mNs/m2.
3. In a contact sulphuric acid plant the secondary converter is a tray type converter, 2.3
m in diameter with the catalyst arranged in three layers, each 0.45 m thick. The
catalyst is in the form of cylindrical pellets 9.5 mm in diameter and 9.5 mm long. The
void fraction is 0.35. The gas enters the converter at 675 K and leaves at 720 K. Its
inlet composition is:
SO3 6.6, SO2 1.7, O2 10.0, N2 81.7 mole per cent
and its exit composition is:
SO3 8.2, SO2 0.2, O2 9.3, N2 82.3 mole per cent
The gas flowrate is 0.68 kg/m2s. Calculate the pressure drop through the converter.
The viscosity of the gas is 0.032 mNs/m2.
4. A column 0.6 m diameter and 4 m high is, packed with 25 mm ceramic Raschig rings
and used in a gas absorption process carried out at 101. kN/m2 and 293 K. If the
liquid and gas properties approximate to those of water and air respectively and their
flowrates are 2.5 and 0.6 kg/m2s, what is the pressure drop across the column? In
making calculations, Carmans method should be used. By how much may the liquid
flow rate be increased before the column floods?
5. Calculate the minimum velocity at which spherical particles of density 1600 kg/m3
and of diameter 1.5 mm will be fluidised by water in a tube of diameter 10 mm on the
assumption that the Carman-Kozeny equation is applicable. Discuss the
uncertainties in this calculation. Repeat the calculation using the Ergun equation and
explain the differences in the results obtained.
6. Obtain a relationship for the ratio of the terminal falling velocity of a particle to the
minimum fluidising velocity for a bed of similar particles. It may be assumed that
StokesLaw and the Carman-Kozeny equation are applicable. What is the value of
the ratio if the bed voidage at the minimum fluidising velocity is 0.4?
7. 3.6 kg of solid particles of density 2590 kg/m 3 and surface-volume mean size 748 m
form a packed bed of height 0.475m in a circular vessel of diameter 0.0757 m. Water
of density 1000 kg/m3 and viscosity 0.001 Pa.s is passed upwards through the bed.
Calculate (a) porosity of packed bed based on volume of particles in bed and volume
of bed (b) the bed pressure drop at incipient fluidization, (c) the superficial liquid
velocity at incipient fluidization, (d) the mean bed voidage at a superficial liquid
velocity of 1.0 cm/s, (e) the bed height at this velocity and (f) the pressure drop
across the bed at this velocity. Use Ergun equation. Two eq. Ergun and
Zaki+Richardson contain emf and Umf and solve using these eq.
8. A 10m long vertical standpipe of inside diameter 0.1m transports solids at a flux of
100 kg/m2s downward from a upper vessel which is held at a pressure 1.0 bar to a
lower vessel held at 1.5 bar. Therefore, in this equipment, particles move downward,
but gas moves upward. The particle density of the solids is 2500 kg/m3 and the mean
particle size is 250 m. Assuming that the voidage is constant along the standpipe
and equal to 0.50, and that the effect of pressure change on voidage may be ignored,
check whether the particles are moving in packed bed (fixed bed) flow or fluidized
bed flow, and determine the direction and flow rate of gas passing between the
vessels. (Properties of gas in the system: density, 1 kg/m 3; viscosity, 2 x 10-5 Pa s.).
Use Ergun equation should it be required. u1 is the relative velocity between solid
and air. Solid moves downward, air flows upward. Use Ergun for general fixed
bed.

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2. In a hydraulic jig, a mixture of two solids is separated into its components by

SO3 6.6, SO2 1.7, O2 10.0, N2 81.7 mole per cent

and its exit composition is:

SO3 8.2, SO2 0.2, O2 9.3, N2 82.3 mole per cent

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