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The document contains solutions to an assignment for the NPTEL Online Certification Course on Mass Transfer Operation II, detailing answers to various questions related to mass transfer concepts. Key topics include the length of unused bed, entropy change for adsorption, and calculations involving cation exchange resin and adsorption equilibrium data. The document also provides breakthrough data for drying nitrogen gas with molecular sieves, along with specific calculations for breakthrough time and moisture adsorption.

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The document contains solutions to an assignment for the NPTEL Online Certification Course on Mass Transfer Operation II, detailing answers to various questions related to mass transfer concepts. Key topics include the length of unused bed, entropy change for adsorption, and calculations involving cation exchange resin and adsorption equilibrium data. The document also provides breakthrough data for drying nitrogen gas with molecular sieves, along with specific calculations for breakthrough time and moisture adsorption.

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NPTEL Online Certification Course

<MASS TRANSFER OPERATION II>


<Assignment Number 10>: Detailed Solution
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Q.1 The length of unused bed (LUB) is more if the mass transfer zone is
(a) Wide
(b) Narrow
(c) Symmetric
(d) Asymmetric

Answer: (a) Wide

Q.2 Entropy change for adsorption is


(a) Negative
(b) Positive
(c) Zero
(d) Neutral

Answer: (b) Positive

Q. 3 A solution of sodium acetate (110 g/liter) has 0.2% Ca++ in it. It is suggested to remove 90%
of the Ca++ ions by a cation exchange resin in the solution form having an exchange capacity of 2
eq./liter. Calculate the amount of resin required to treat 1 m3 of the feed solution.
(a) 3.7 × 104 litre
(b) 2.57 × 104 litre
(c) 5.2 × 104 litre
(d) 1.7 × 104 litre

Answer: (b) 2.57 × 104 litre

Detailed Solutions:

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Q.4 Adsorption equilibrium data of nitrobenzene (in an aqueous solution at low concentration) on a
type of activated carbon fit in the Freundlich isotherm, qe = 68(Ce)0.43 [qe in mg/g; Ce in mg/liter].
One m3 of an aqueous solution containing 10 ppm of nitrobenzene is to be treated in a batch with
activated carbon to reduce the concentration to 0.01 ppm. Calculate the minimum quantity of
carbon required ? The adsorption kinetics is fast and the overall process is virtually ‘diffusion
controlled’. The effective surface area of the adsorbent for transport of the solute from the bulk is
200 cm2/g, and the external mass transfer coefficient is 1.8 × 10-5 m/s.

Answer: Range 1-1.2

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Q.5 An experimental data of equilibrium adsorption of benzene on silica at 30ºC is given below.
Estimate the surface area of the adsorbent (in m2/gm) if no more than mono-molecular surface
coverage occurs at a ‘high pressure’ of the adsorbate (For benzene, ρL = 0.875 g/cm3).

p (kPa) 1.193 2.373 4.733 7.36 8.81 13.43


q (mmol/g) 2.294 3.043 3.608 3.757 3.794 3.872

Answer: Range 76-77

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Q.6 Answer question 6-9 based on the below statement:

A breakthrough data on drying of nitrogen gas with 4A molecular sieve in two experimental
columns is reported as:
Column-1: temperature = 26ºC; pressure = 5.85 atm (absolute); gas mass flow rate = 3993
2
kg/(h m ); moisture in the feed = 1490 ppm (v/v); bed height = 0.44 m; adsorbent bulk density =
713 kg/m3; adsorption capacity of the bed under the given conditions = 0.215 kg moisture per kg
adsorbent; initial moisture content of the bed = 0.01 kg/kg adsorbent; moisture content in the
effluent at breakthrough = 1ppm (v). Breakthrough data are given below.

Time (h) <15 15 15.3 15.4 15.6 15.8 16.0 16.2 16.4 1.6
Moisture
<1 1 4 5 26 74 145 260 430 610
(ppm)
Time (h) 16.8 17.0 17.2 17.4 17.6 17.8 18.0 18.3 18.5
Moisture
798 978 1125 1245 1355 1432 1465 1490 1490
(ppm)

Column-2: temperature = 27ºC, bed height = 0.27 m; other parameters as for column-1.
Breakthrough data are given below.

Time (h) <9 9 9.2 9.4 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.4 10.6
Moisture
<1 1 4 9 33 80 142 238 365 498
(ppm)
Time (h) 10.8 11.0 11.25 11.5 11.75 12.0 12.5 12.8 13.0
Moisture
650 808 980 1115 1235 1330 1410 1420 1440
(ppm)

Q. 6 Calculate the LUB for column - I


(a) 4.6 cm
(b) 5.1 cm
(c) 3.3 cm
(d) 2.9 cm

Answer: (c) 3.3 cm

Q.7 Using the data for column -I, can you predict the breakthrough time for column-I
(a) 8.56 h
(b) 7.71 h
(c) 6.5 h
(d) 9.02 h
Answer: (d) 9.02 h

Q.8 Calculate the amount of moisture adsorbed by the bed till the breakthrough in column-I
(a) 43.5 kg
(b) 49.5 kg
(c) 55.52 kg
(d) 60.07 kg
Answer: (c) 55.52 kg

Q.9 Calculate the velocity of MTZ using the data from both the column
(a) 0.0111 cm/min
(b) 0.1364 cm/min
(c) 0.0896 cm/min
(d) 0.0484 cm/min

Answer: (d) 0.0484 cm/min

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