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TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE-641 109 Mole fraction of each component.(16)

INTERNAL TEST-III
Year : III Yr Semester: V Sem 7. a. (i) Dry air at 27 C and 1 atm flows over a wet flat plate 50cm
Branch & Section : B.E., Mechanical Engg.-A & B Sec long at a velocity of 50 m/sec.Calculate the mass transfer co
Total Marks:50 Date & Session: efficient of water vapour in air at the end of the plate. Take
Subject Name : Heat and Mass Transfer diffusion co efficient as 0.26x10-4 m2/sec. (8)
Answer All Questions
(Use of Heat and Mass Transfer data book and steam table is (ii) Determine the diffusion rate of water from the bottom of a test
permitted) tube of 25 mm dia and 35 mm long into dry air at 25 C.Take
Part-A (5x2) (10 Marks) diffusion co efficient of water in air is 0.28x10-4 m2/sec.(8)
1. State Ficks law of diffusion. (Or)
2. In what case convective mass transfer will happen? Give examples b.(i)Hydrogen diffuses through a plastic membrane of 1 mm
for free and forced convective mass transfer. thick. The molar concentrations of hydrogen on either side of the
3. What is the physical meaning of Schmidt number? plastic membrane are 0.02 kg mole/m3, 0.005 kg
4. Define the term mass transfer coefficient. mole/m3.Diffusion co efficient of hydrogen through plastic is 10-9
5. Why does the diffusion coefficient of liquids and solids much m2/sec.Determine molar flux and mass flux.(8)
smaller than that of gases.
Part-B (2x16+1x8) (40 Marks) (ii)Oxygen at 25 C and pressure of 2 bar flows through a rubber
6. a.(i) Ammonia and air experiences diffusion through a 3 mm dia,20 pipe of inside diameter 25mm and wall thickness 2.5mm.The
m long pipe. Total pressure 1 atm and temperature diffusivity of oxygen through rubber tube is 0.21x10 -9 m2/sec and
25C.Determine diffusion rate of ammonia and diffusion rate of the solubility of oxygen in rubber is 3.12 x10-9 kg mole/m3 bar.
air. (8) Find the loss of oxygen by diffusion per metre length of the pipe.
Mole proportion of oxygen in air is 21%.(8)
(ii) The composition of dry atmospheric air on a molar basis is
78.1% Nitrogen, 20.9% Oxygen and 1% Argon. Neglecting the 8. a. Write short notes on analogy between heat and mass transfer.
other constituents, find the mass fractions of the constituents of (Or)
air. (8) b. Write short notes on evaporation process in the atmosphere.
(Or) *****
b.A vessel contains a binary mixture of Oxygen and Nitrogen
with partial pressure in the proportions 0.21 and 0.79 at 20 C.The V.Sureshkannan, AP II, Mech
total pressure of the mixture is 1 bar. Calculate (i) Molar Faculty In-charge