Name of the student: Roll No.

THAPAR UNIVERSITY, PATIALA

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

B.E. - CHE (VI- semester) EST UCH 602: Mass Transfer II

21' May, 2016 Saturday, 02.00 - 05.00 Hrs
Time: 03 hours; Maximum Marks (M.M.): 100 Name of faculty: Dr. Neetu Singh

Note:
• Answer all the questions.
• Assume suitable data, if required.
• Draw the neat diagram, wherever required.

Q.No. Question Description M.M.

1. a) Differentiate between working of multi-stage cross-current & counter-current extraction processes. Also 5+5

draw the sketch of both extraction cascades with proper notations.

b) 960 kg of an aqueous solution of ethanol (containing 35 mass% ethanol) is to be extracted in a three 8+4

stage cross-current extraction scheme, using ethylene glycol as solvent. The amounts of solvent (96%

ethylene glycol, 4% ethanol) to be used in successive stages are 800 kg, 950 kg and 2500 kg. Determine:

(i) The amount of extract and raffinate from each stage and composition of each.

(ii) Fraction of the solute removed if the stages are ideal. The compositions of the raffinate and the
extract phases as well as the tie-line data are given below (water:A; ethylene glycol:B; ethanol:C).

Water-rich phase xo 0.006 0.01 0.02 1 0.03 0.036 0.07 0.13

xc 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.4

Ethylene glycol-rich phase yB 0.95 0.84 0.78 0.71 0.63 0.50 0.26

yc 0.05 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40

Tie-line data xc 0.035 0.068 0.09 0.145 0.31

yc 0.04 0.083 0.13 0.215 0.395

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a) Differentiate between percolation and dispersed contact technique in solid-liquid extraction.

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b) Describe the working of Bonotto extractor with figure (free hand).

3. a) What is the physical significance of difference point (A) in multi-stage counter-current extraction, Write 5

its role in evaluation of number of stages.

b) An antibiotic (C) is to be extracted from its solution with amyl acetate (A) using furfural (B) as the 13

solvent (98% furfural, 2% antibiotic). Extraction is to be carried out in multistage counter-current

extractor cascade. The feed enters the cascade at a rate of 2000 kg/h with 45% antibiotic (C) that has

to be reduced to 4% in the final raffinate. The solvent rate is 2500 kg/h. Extraction is to be carried out

at 25 °C. Determine the number of theoretical stages required. Several compositions on the extract and

raffinate and the tie line data in mass % of the composition at 25 °C is given below.

Equilibrium A 96 84 67 52.5 32.6 21.3 13.2 7.7 4.4 2.6 1.5 I 0.7

data B 4 5 7 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 99.3

C 0 II 26 37.5 47.4 48.7 46.8 42.3 35.6 27.4 18.5 9 0.0

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 Tie-line data
Raffinate (Amyl acetate) phase, mass% Extract (Furfural) phase, mass%
A B C A B C
85.2 4.8 10.0 1.1 89.1 9.8
69.0 6.5 24.5 2.2 73.6 24.2
43.9 13.3 42.6 6.8 52.3 40.9
4. a) What are adsorption isotherms? Describe all five basic types of adsorption isotherms with figure? 2+5
b) Describe different techniques of adsorbent regeneration in adsorption process? 6
5. A solution of raw cane sugar is to be decolorized by adsorbing the impurities on activated carbon. 6+6
Following data is reported at different temperatures and pressures.
T=338 K T= 395 K T= 425 K
P q P q P q
6 1.069 7.067 0.7099 13.07 0.679
27.2 2.469 38.67 1.677 41.73 1.264
53.2 3.078 83.21 2.238 71.07 1.611
92.67 3.512 98.54 2.37 96.27 1.831
99.97 3.635 99.97 2.4 99.97 1.894
244.8 4.188 303.4 3.251 313.7 2.785
424 4.475 482.6 3.599 493 3.144
P= Pressure of cane sugar (kPa); q= Amount of cane sugar adsorbed at equilibrium (mill'mol/g carbon).
(i) Draw the adsorption isotherms at the above three temperatures and the adsorption isosters at constant
solute loadings of q= 2.2 and 3.0 (mmol/g carbon).
(ii) Test the applicability of the Langmuir isotherm for the given data.
6. a) With the help of diagram show how the liquid and vapour flow rate changes over feed tray for different 6
feed conditions in a distillation column, also write the "q" value for each condition.
b) Benzene (A) and toluene (B) form nearly ideal solutions, Antoine constants for the given system is as
following:
Compound Boiling point (°C) A B C
Benzene 49.2 15.8602 2589.2 231.36
Toluene 80 15.9037 2789.01 220.79

B , pv in mm Hg, T in °C.
In pv = A
T +C
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(i) Prepare the bubble point, dew point and the vapour-liquid equilibrium curves for this binary
mixture at 1 atm total pressure.
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(ii) If one kilomole of two-phase mixure having 42 mole% A at 68 °C and 1 atm total pressure is
allowed to separate into a liquid and a vapour phase, calculate the amounts and compositions of
the two phases. 5
(iii) Consider an equimolar mixture of A and B at 600 mm total pressure, what is the bubble point of
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the mixture?
(iv) If an equimolar mixture of the compounds has a bubble point of 100 °C, calculate the total
pressure exerted at that temperature at equilibrium.
Note: Students can see their evaluated answer sheets on 26'" May 2016, between 10-11 AM in my office.

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