Question: Can you solve this mass transfer question? 7.2 Typical values of the volumetric mass transfer coefficients for the gas and liquid phases in a wellagitated

Can you solve this mass transfer question? 7.2 Typical values of the

Can you solve this mass transfer question?

7.2 Typical values of the volumetric mass transfer coefficients for the gas and liquid phases in a wellagitated aerated system (a fermentor or activated sludge reactor) are as follows: gas phase: kdaa=3.9105[g = dry weight) of microbial cells, which may be assumed to be spheres 2m in diameter containing 80% water and having a density of 1.03gcm3. Mass transfer to cells may be assumed to be equivalent to mass transfer between spheres and stagnant fluid. Pressure is 1 atm. For oxygen transfer between the gas phase and the cells, use for oxygen a Henry's constant of 106cm3atm g-mol mo1 and DOW=2105cm2s1. Using Equation 7-43, calculate for this system the overall liquid-phase volumetric mass transfer coefficient [s1] and the fraction of total mass transfer resistance attributable to each of the three mass transfer regimes

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