Mapua Institute of Technology School of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Heat and Mass Transfer Exam No 2

CHHK 445: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Exam No 6: Convective and Interphase Mass Transfer
3.0 hrs

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Write the letter that corresponds to the best answer on the space provided. Answers must be written
in CAPITAL letters.

______1. In two-phase mass transfer, equilibrium may exist

A. at the interface. C. in the gas phase.
B. in the liquid phase. D. in either gas or liquid films.

______2. What is the controlling mechanism to mass transfer in the turbulent region?
A. Diffusion C. Diffusion and convection
B. Convection D. Radiation

______3. In which region of mass transfer does a large concentration drop occur?
A. turbulent region C. viscous sublayer
B. buffer region D. at the solid surface

______4. The mass transfer coefficient accounts for

A. contribution of turbulence to mass transfer. C. eddy diffusion.
B. molecular diffusion. D. all of these.

______5. It is the most successful and widely used analogy among heat, mass and momentum
transfer.
A. Reynolds’ analogy C. von Karmann analogy
B. Prandtl analogy D. Chilton-Colburn j-factor analogy

______6. Mass transfer coefficients in turbulent flows can be evaluated by correlations of the form
A. Sh = f (Re, Pr) C. Sh = f (Re, Sc)
B. Sh = f (Re, Gr) D. Nu = f (Re, Pr)

______7. In interphase mass transfer, when kx’ > ky’ the controlling phase is
A. the liquid phase. C. the interface.
B. the gas phase. D. either bulk phases.

______8. Which of the following is the simplest model for mass transfer in fluid-fluid interface?
A. film theory A. film theory
B. penetration theory B. penetration theory

______9. It is defined as the ratio of momentum diffusivity to mass diffusivity.

A. Prandtl no. C. Schmidt no.
B. Reynolds no. D. Sherwood no.

______10. It is the equivalent of Nusselt number in convective mass transfer.

A. Prandtl no. C. Schmidt no.
B. Reynolds no. D. Sherwood no.

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Mapua Institute of Technology School of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Heat and Mass Transfer Exam No 2

II. Problem Solving

Direction: Solve the following problems on your test booklet. Highlight the final answers.

1. In a wetted-wall tower an air-H2S mixture is flowing by a film of water which is flowing as a thin
film down a vertical plate. The H2S is being absorbed from the air to the water at a total
pressure of 1.50 atm abs and 30°C. The value of kc’ of 9.567 x 10-4 m/s has been predicted for
the gas-phase mass transfer coefficient. At a given point the mole fraction of H2S in the liquid
at the liquid-gas interface is 2 x 10-5 and PA of H2S in the gas is 0.05 atm. The henry’s
equilibrium relation is PA (atm) = 609 xA. Calculate the rate of absorption of H2S.

2. A 1-m square, thin plate of naphthalene is oriented parallel to an air stream flowing at 30 m/s.
The air is at 310 K and 1.013 x 105 Pa and the plate is at 300 K. Determine the rate of
sublimation from the top of the plate in kgmol/s.

The following properties for naphthalene are known:

Diffusivity of naphthalene at 298 K = 6.11 x 10-6 m2/s
Vapor pressure at 300 K = 25 Pa

3. An engineer at a pulp plant is considering the feasibility of sparging a waste gas stream
containing a small concentration of chlorine gas into a chlorine-bleaching unit in order to
augment the chlorine requirements for the unit. In this processing unit, the waste gas stream at
1 atm and containing only 0.2 mole% Cl2 is bubbled countercurrently to the absorbing water
stream. At the flow rate of the streams, the individual film coefficients are:

In the gas-film: ky’ = 2 kg mole / m2.h.mole fraction

In the liquid film: kx’= 5 kg mole / m2.h.mole fraction
At the temperature of the system, the following equilibrium relation applies:
PA = 3574.6 xA,

Where PA is the partial pressure of Cl2, in Pascal, in the gas phase and xA is the mole fraction
of Cl2 in the liquid phase.

The gas stream, containing 0.2 mol% chlorine gas, is in contact with the aqueous stream
containing 4.5 mole% Cl2.

Determine:
a. the overall coefficients, kx and ky;
b. the chlorine molar flux; and
c. the interfacial compositions (xAi,yAi and PAi)

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