Question: Using Interfacial Mass Transfer Phenomena formulas please calculate Diffusion - Reaction cylindrical dimensions A gas stream of pure ' B ' at pressure P =

Using Interfacial Mass Transfer Phenomena formulas please calculate
Diffusion-Reaction cylindrical dimensions
A gas stream of pure 'B' at pressure P=2.0bar(?abs) and at temperature T=80C is contacted
with liquid 'A' through a cylindrical membrane of 1mm thickness. The liquid A is flowing
through the 1-meter cylindrical membrane hose at a flowrate of 100mLh, with the inner
diameter of the hose at 7mm. Gas 'B' diffuses through the membrane and reacts with liquid
'A' at the inner membrane wall (i.e. on the liquid side), according to the following reaction
stoichiometry:
A(l)+3B(g)2C(g)+D(l)
Reagent 'A' and reaction product 'D' remain in the liquid phase. Gases 'B' and 'C' are not
soluble in the liquid. The concentration of 'C' outside the membrane is negligible. The molar
rate of surface reaction, rs,B, at the inner wall membrane follows first-order kinetics in terms of
the molar concentration of gaseous 'B' at the inner membrane wall:
rs,B=-kcB
with
k=510-5(ms)
cB= total molar concentration of gaseous Bat membrane surface (molm3)
Assuming isothermal steady-state conditions:
a) Make a schematic drawing of this mass transfer system, showing your choice of
dimensional axes and the direction of the fluxes of each species through the membrane.
Indicate which, if any, of the fluxes are zero and why. State any assumptions you
consider are appropriate to assist with quantitative analysis of the mass transfer.
b) With the appropriate form of the continuity equation and Fick's 1st Law show that the
differential equation for the molar flux of 'B' through the membrane at its inner
surface
NB=-DBC(1-yB3)cdelyBdelr
c) By integration of the equation in b) between appropriate limits, calculate the rate of
production of 'D' per m2 of membrane. The diffusivity of 'B' through 'C' within
the porous membrane wall is: DBC=1.7510-9m2s. Ans 5.4710-5molm2.s]
d) What is the exit concentration of D in the liquid in molm3 assuming reagent A enters
the cylindrical hose free of the product D? Ans 43.3molm3
 Using Interfacial Mass Transfer Phenomena formulas please calculate Diffusion-Reaction cylindrical dimensions

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