Question: Air at 7 5 deg C flows through 8 - 0 . 0 5 - m long. packed tube of naphthalene spheres at a

Air at 75\deg C flows through 8-0.05-m long. packed tube of naphthalene spheres at a bulk velocity of 0.3 m/s (assuming plug flow). The effective naphthalene surface mass transfer area through the packed tube is 300 m? per unit volume of the tube. The convective mass tansfer coefficient for this process was found to be 0.057 m/s. The entering air is free of naphthalene.
The vapor pressure of naphthalene at 75\deg C is 5.61 mmHg (747 N/m?).
a) Derive the bulk naphthalene concentration profile along the tube length.
b) Calculate the bulk concentration of naphthalene in air at the exit of the tube.

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