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Summary of the
multicomponent equations of
change
rate of
net rate
rate of
Summary of the
multicomponent fluxes
Mass jA DAB A
binary only
For multicomponent gas mixtures at moderate
pressure, Maxwell-Stefan equations may be
used
There are additional contributions driving
forces other than concentration (Chapter 24)
Example 19.1
Example 19.2
Consider a flat plate, of porous material, of
thickness and with the other two
dimensions very large. Gas B is the
predominant gas in the slab, but gas A is
generated throughout the slab at a constant
rate, RA [moles of A/ft3 hr]. One face of the
slab is impermeable to the gas, while the
concentration of A at the other face is C A0.
a)
Assuming DAB is constant and that the
concentration of A is small, obtain the differential
equation for CA as a function of position.
b)
Write the two boundary conditions.
c)Obtain the expression for C A as a function of
position.
Example 19.3
Develop expressions for the mole
fraction profile xA(y) and the
temperature profile T(y) for the
systems shown in Figure.
Example 19.3
O2 2CO 2CO2
The reaction is assumed to occur instantaneously and
irreversibly at the catalytic surface. The gas composition at
the outer edge of the film (at z=0) is presumed known, and
the catalyst surface is at z=. The temp. and pressure are
assumed to be independence of position throughout the film.
Example 19.4
Equations
Equations
Equations
Results
Dimensionless Numbers
Case Study
Detailed information is on Blackboard.
UND chemical engineering department plans to remodel the power plant for
campus heating. In the power plant, pulverized coal particles are fluidized
within a hot combustion chamber, where oxygen in the air reacts the coal to
produce carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide gas. This process produces
energy by the heat of combustion. ChE 301 students have proposed to build
a fluidized coal reactor for a new power plant. If operated at 1145K, the
process will be limited by the diffusion of oxygen countercurrent to the
carbon dioxide, CO2, formed at the particle surface. Assume that the coal is
pure solid with a density of 1.28103kg/m3 and that the particle is spherical
with an initial diameter of 1.510-4 m (150m). Air (21% O2 and 79% N2)
exists several diameters away from sphere. Under the conditions of
combustion process, the diffusivity of oxygen in the gas mixture at 1145K is
1.310-4 m2/s.
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