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Mass Transfer
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Time : Three Hours *0060* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. All questions carry marks as indicated.
2. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.
3. Attempt any five questions.
2. a) A solid disc of benzoic acid 3 cm in diameter is spin at 20 rpm and 25ºC. Calculate the 8
rate of dissolution in a large volume of water. Diffusivity of benzoic acid in water is
1x10-5 cm2/sec and solubility is 0.003 gm/cm3.
The following Mass transfer correlation is applicable.
Sh = 0.62 ( Re ) (SC )0.33
0.5
where,
D 2 W
Re =
w = angular speed in rad/time for water, = 1 gm/cm3, = 1 CP
b) What is mass transfer coefficient? Derive an equation which relates the overall and 8
Individual mass transfer coefficient.
3. a) Air entering a dryer has a temperature (dry bulb temperature) of 60ºC and a dew point of 8
26.7ºC. Using humidity chart, determine the actual humidity H, % Humidity, Humid heat
and humid volume.
4. a) 100 kg of batch granular solids containing 30% moisture is to be dried in a tray dryer to 8
16% by passing a current of air at 350º k across its surface at a velocity of 1.8 m/s. If the
constant rate of drying under these condition is 0.7x10-3 kg/m2s and critical moisture
content is 15%, calculate the drying time in hr.
Drying surface = 0.03 m2/kg dry weight.
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6. a) A crystallizer is charged with 7500 kg of an aqueous solution at 377º K, 29.6% by weight 8
of which is anhydrous sodium sulphate. The solution is cooled. During cooling operation,
5% of initial water is lost by evaporation. As a result, crystal of Na 2 SO4 .10 H 2O
crystallize out. If the mother liquor is found to contain 18.3% by weight anhydrous
Na 2 SO4 , calculate the yield of crystal and quantity of mother liquor.
b) What is magma? 8
Explain the effect of impurities on crystal formation.
7. Adsorption equilibrium data for the decolorization of a sample of waste oil using a special 16
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 m2/kg and the surface mass transfer coefficient is KL = 5.2 10−6 m / s
(on solid phase conc. basis)
The density of oil is 950 kg/m3.
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?
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