B.Tech.(Chemical Engineering) Fifth Semester (C.B.S.

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Mass Transfer
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Time : Three Hours *0060* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. All questions carry marks as indicated.
2. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.
3. Attempt any five questions.

1. a) A volatile organic compound benzene costing Rs. 45 per kg is stored in a tank 10 m 8

diameter and open at top. A stagnant air film 10 mm thick is covering the surface of
compound beyond which the compound is absent. If the atmospheric temp is 25ºC. Vapour
pressure of compound 150 mm Hg and its molar diffusivity is 0.02 m2/hr, calculate the
loss of benzene in Rs/day.

b) Explain the Fick's second law of diffusion in detail. 8

2. a) A solid disc of benzoic acid 3 cm in diameter is spin at 20 rpm and 25ºC. Calculate the 8
rate of dissolution in a large volume of water. Diffusivity of benzoic acid in water is
1x10-5 cm2/sec and solubility is 0.003 gm/cm3.
The following Mass transfer correlation is applicable.
Sh = 0.62 ( Re ) (SC )0.33
0.5

where,
D 2 W
Re =

w = angular speed in rad/time for water,  = 1 gm/cm3,  = 1 CP

b) What is mass transfer coefficient? Derive an equation which relates the overall and 8
Individual mass transfer coefficient.

3. a) Air entering a dryer has a temperature (dry bulb temperature) of 60ºC and a dew point of 8
26.7ºC. Using humidity chart, determine the actual humidity H, % Humidity, Humid heat
and humid volume.

b) Derive the equation to calculate the height of cooling tower. 8

4. a) 100 kg of batch granular solids containing 30% moisture is to be dried in a tray dryer to 8
16% by passing a current of air at 350º k across its surface at a velocity of 1.8 m/s. If the
constant rate of drying under these condition is 0.7x10-3 kg/m2s and critical moisture
content is 15%, calculate the drying time in hr.
Drying surface = 0.03 m2/kg dry weight.

b) Explain the factor on which rate of drying depends. 8

5. a) Explain the Ion exchange process in details. 8

b) Developed a analytical expression to calculate the amount of adsorbent (solid) per kg of 8

solution for a given change in its solute concentration for a single stage adsorption
operation assuming Freundlich adsorption isotherm being applicable to the system.

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6. a) A crystallizer is charged with 7500 kg of an aqueous solution at 377º K, 29.6% by weight 8
of which is anhydrous sodium sulphate. The solution is cooled. During cooling operation,
5% of initial water is lost by evaporation. As a result, crystal of Na 2 SO4 .10 H 2O
crystallize out. If the mother liquor is found to contain 18.3% by weight anhydrous
Na 2 SO4 , calculate the yield of crystal and quantity of mother liquor.

b) What is magma? 8
Explain the effect of impurities on crystal formation.

7. Adsorption equilibrium data for the decolorization of a sample of waste oil using a special 16
type of clay collected from a set of laboratory experiment could be fitted by a Henry's law
type relation -: Y = 4.2  10−4 X ,
where Y = no. of colour unit per kg of oil and
X = no. of colour unit per kg clay in equilibrium.
1000 kg of waste oil having an initial colour concentration of 50 unit has to be treated to
reduce the concentration to 1 colour unit. The adsorbent has an effective specific surface
area of 25 m2/kg and the surface mass transfer coefficient is KL = 5.2  10−6 m / s
(on solid phase conc. basis)
The density of oil is 950 kg/m3.
a) Calculate the minimum quantity of adsorbent required.
b) What is the required contact time if 1.2 times the minimum amount of adsorbent is
used?

8. a) Explain  L Law of crystal growth. 8

b) Explain the construction and working of Swenson-Walker crystallizer in detail. 8

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