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Part 2 specifically!!! (10 points) Experiments are being conducted to determine the suitability of a cellophane membrane
0.029mm thick for use in an artificial-kidney device. In an experiment at 37C using urea as the
diffusing solute, the membrane separates two components containing stirred aqueous solutions of urea,
where c1=100gmolm3 and c2=0.5gmolm3. The mass-transfer coefficients on either side of the
membrane have been estimated as kC1=kC2=5.2410-5ms. Experimental data obtained gave a flux
NA=4.1910-4gmol urea ?m2.s at pseudo-steady-state conditions.
a. Calculate the permeance ?bar(P)M and permeability of the membrane.
b. Calculate the percent resistance to diffusion in the liquid films.
(30 points) A prototype of a dialyzer is built using 2m2 of the membrane in Problem 1 to test how long
it will take to reduce the urea concentration of the blood in the reservoir to a desired level (see schematic
in Figure 1). Due to the flow conditions in the dialyzer, the mass transfer coefficients in the blood-side
and the dialysate-side are 5.510-5ms and 1.110-5ms, respectively. You may assume that the
blood inside the dialyzer is well mixed and the concentration of urea inside the dialyzer, c1(t) is uniform
everywhere and is the same as the urea concentration in the exiting blood stream. Furthermore, the
dialysate does not contain any urea and its concentration remains close to zero during the process. The
flow rate, F during the hemodialysis process is assumed to remain constant at 0.5Lmin. If the total
volume of blood in the reservoir is 6L and urea is added to the reservoir (to simulate generation in the
body) at Go=0.1mmol? day, determine the time it will take for the urea concentration of the blood in
the reservoir to go from 10-2gmolL to 310-3gmolL. You may assume that the addition of urea
to the reservoir does not change the volume of fluid in the reservoir.
 Part 2 specifically!!! (10 points) Experiments are being conducted to determine

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