Question: ( 6 0 pts . ) Consider water in a 2 5 - m m - diameter test tube evaporating into air outside the tube.

(60 pts.) Consider water in a 25-mm-diameter test tube evaporating into air outside the tube. The
outside air is at 15C and 1 atm and has a relative humidity of 40 percent. The distance between
the water-air interface and the top of the tube is L=12cm. The binary diffusivity for water vapor
in air is 2.6*10-5m2s. Take the water temperature to be 15C. The saturation pressure of water
at 15C is 1.7051 kPa , and the enthalpy of vaporization is 40,010kJkg.
a) Determine the mass evaporation rate of the water.
b) Determine the water vapor mass fraction at x=L2.
c) Determine the fraction of the water mass flow that is contributed by bulk flow and the fraction
contributed by diffusion at x=L2.
d) Determine the rate of heat transfer (in W) required to maintain the liquid water at 15C.
( 6 0 pts . ) Consider water in a 2 5 - m m -

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