CME 301 – Mass Transfer

1D Mass Transfer with 1st Order

Homogeneous Chemical Reaction

Dr. Chandra Mouli M.R.

Chemical Engineering Department

College of Engineering

Abu Dhabi University

 1D Mass Transfer with 1st Order
Homogeneous Chemical Reaction
 Consider diffusion and reaction of solute “A”
within liquid film containing solvent “B”
 In the liquid, a homogeneous reaction occurs
where “A” decomposes to produce “C”
AC Because “A” is
consumed

The 1st order rate equation: RA = – k1 cA

Rate of 1st order rate

generation of A constant (sec-1)
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 Focus All Analyses on Liquid Phase
 Differential Flux Equation:
dN A
− + RA = 0
dz
 General Flux Equation:
 If no sink for “C”  NC = 0  UMD of “A”
 For dilute solution of “A”  EMCD is approached (xA ~ 0)

+ x A (N A + N B + N C )
dc A
N A = − DAB
dz
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 Substituting flux equation into the differential equation:
d  dc A 
−  − D AB  + (− k1c A ) = 0
dz  dz 
d 2c A k1
2
− cA = 0 (constant DAB )
dz DAB
Boundary Conditions:
[1] cA = cA0 @ z = 0 (surface)
[2] cA = 0 @ z = δ (position in liquid film when all “A” is
consumed
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 General solution of 2nd order ODE:
 k1   k1 
c A = C1 cosh  .z  + C 2 sinh  .z 
 DAB   DAB 

BC1 : c A0 = C1 cosh[0] + C 2 sinh[0] ⇒ c A0 = C1

 k1   k1 
BC2 : 0 = c A0 cosh  .δ  + C 2 sinh  .δ  ⇒ find C 2
 DAB   DAB 
 k1 
sinh  .z 
 k1   DAB 
c A = c A0 cosh  .z  + c A 0
 DAB   k1 
tanh  .δ  5
 DAB 
 Getting flux at surface (z = 0) by differentiation of cA
  
  
 k1  cosh (0 ) 
 sinh (0 ) −
dc A
N A z = 0 = − DAB = − DAB c A0 
dz z = 0 DAB   k1  
 tanh .δ  
  D 
   AB  
 k1 
 .δ 
=
DAB c A0  DAB  = DAB c A0 Ha Ha = Hatta
δ   k1   δ Number
 tanh  
.δ  
 (dimensionless)
  DAB  
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 For large k1 

 k1 
tanh .δ  → 1
 DAB 
DAB c A0  k1 
∴ N A z =0 ≈  .δ 
δ  DAB  ⇒ For rapid reaction,
( )
(
= k1DAB c A z = 0 − c A z =δ ) kc′ or N A z = 0 ∝ DAB

(
= kc′ c A z = 0 − c A z =δ ) Compare to EMCD without reaction,
( )
kc′ or N A z = 0 ∝ DAB
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Derivation and Example

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