CH 2104 – HEAT AND MASS TRANSFR

TUTORIAL 2

1. The moisture in hot, humid, stagnant air surrounding a cold-water pipeline

continually diffuses to the cold surface where it condenses. The condensed water
forms a liquid film around the pipe, and then continuously drops off the pipe to
the ground below.

a. Draw a picture of the physical system and state reasonable assumptions of

the mass transfer aspects of the water condensation process.
b. What is the simplified form of the general differential equation for water
vapor, NA?
c. What is the simplified differential form of Fick’s equation for water vapor,
NA?

2. An Arnold cell is to be operated as a pseudo-steady-state cell to determine the gas

diffusivity of benzene in air at 308 K and 1 atm. The 20 cm-long-tube, with an
inner diameter of 1cm, is initially loaded with liquid benzene to a depth of 1 cm
from the bottom of the tube. The tube and the liquid are maintained at constant
temperature of 308 K. At this temperature, benzene exerts a vapor pressure of
0.195 atm. Air is continually blown over the top of the tube, removing any of the
vaporized benzene vapor; the gas space within the tube is essentially stagnant. At
308 K, liquid benzene’s density is 0.85 g/cm3.
a. It was determined that 72 h were required to completely evaporate the
benzene initially loaded into the tube. Estimate the binary gas-phase
diffusion coefficient for benzene in air using these data.
b. Compare your evaluated diffusivity with the theoretical value reported,
DAB=1.0110-5 m2/s. What is a possible reason for any difference in these
values?