Question: Air is injected through fine - bubble diffusers into a basin 3 . 5 m deep in a well - mixed, batch ( no flow

Air is injected through fine-bubble diffusers into a
basin 3.5 m deep in a well-mixed, batch (no flow)
reactor at 25C. With sufficient time, the water will
reach equilibrium with the air and no mass transfer
is occurring. Under these conditions, answer the
following:
(a) What is the pressure on the bubbles (in atm) at
the bottom, middle, and top of the tank?
(b) What is the concentration of oxygen (in milligram per liter) in the bubbles at each of the three
points of interest in part (a).
(c) What is the final (equilibrium) concentration of
oxygen in the water (c
L ), in milligram per liter?
Because the basin is completely mixed, assume
that the water is, on average, at equilibrium with
bubbles at the mid-depth pressure.
(d) What would the value of c
L be if the injected gas
were pure oxygen instead of air?

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