CHEG 620 – Applied Mathematics for Chemical Engineers

Assignment 2 – First Order Ordinary Differential Equations

(+ Conservation of Energy)

1)   Find the general solution of the following differential equations:

dy
a) + y t sin(t ) = 0
dt

dy
b) (1 + t 2 ) = 1+ y2
dt

dy
c) = e t + y +3
dt

dy
d) t 2 (1 + y 2 ) + 2 y =0
dt

dy
e) 2ty 3 + 3t 2 y 2 =0
dt

dy
f) x 2 p 2 - y 2 = 0; p =
dx

dy
g) = -2 - y + y 2
dx

h) ( xy )dx + ( x 2 + y 2 )dy = 0

2)   Consider the batch heat transfer system that is shown in Figure 1. Two fluids are
initially placed in side by side contact, where heat transfer occurs across the wall
separating the two chambers. The first chamber contains volume V1 of fluid 1 with
density ρ1 at a temperature T1, which will change with time as heat is transferred. The
second chamber contains fluid 2 with properties V2, ρ2, and T2. Find the variation of
T1 as a function of t. Express your final result in terms of the equilibrium temperature
T∞ that both tanks reach after a very long time. Assume constant heat capacities and
no phase change. The temperatures T1 and T2 at time t = 0, are T1,0 and T2,0 ,
respectively.
 Q
V1,ρ1,T1,m1 V2,ρ2,T2,m2

Q = hA(T1 – T2)

Figure 1. Heat transfer between well mixed

batch pure fluid systems.

3)   Consider the system shown in Figure 2 illustrating heat transfer between two pure
flowing liquids.

ρ,q,Tf,Cp ρ,q,T

ρj,qj,Tjf,Cpj
I.C.
T = T0
V, T and Tj = Tj0 at t = 0

ρj,qj,Tj

Q = hA(Tj – T)

Figure 2. Heat transfer between a well

mixed tank and a well mixed jacket
A pure liquid of density ρ is added to a tank at a volumetric flow rate q and temperature
Tf. The fluid leaves the tank at essentially the same density ρ and volumetric flow rate q,
but due to heat transfer through the surrounding jacket, at a temperature T. The fluid has
a capacity per unit mass Cp. The heat exchange fluid entering the jacket has a density ρj, a
flow rate qj, and a temperature Tjf. The heat exchange fluid leaves the jacket also with
density ρj, volumetric flow rate qj, and at a temperature Tj. Assuming constant heat
capacities, complete mixing, and neglecting kinetic and potential energy changes, find an
expression for T + Tj as a function of time in the case when: ρj = ρ, V = Vj = q = qj, and
Cp = Cpj.