HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER (EVAPORATION, a. 5.

11x104 m3/hr
CRYSTALLIZATION, HUMIDIFICATION, AND DRYING) b. 6.04 x104 m3/hr
c. 4.85 x104 m3/hr
1. Wet material, containing 70% moisture on a wet d. 3.97 x104 m3/hr
basis, is to be dried at the rate of 0.15 kg/s in a
counter-current dryer to give a product containing Nos. 7 to 9
5% moisture (both on a wet basis). The drying
Around airports jet aircrafts can become major contributors
medium consists of air heated to 373 K and
to pollution, and as aircraft activity increases and public
containing water vapor with a partial pressure of
concern brings other sources under control, the relative
1.0 kPa. The air leaves the dryer at 313 K and
contribution of aircraft to pollution could go up. Recently,
70% saturated. Calculate how much air will be
federal-, state-, and local government pressure has
required to remove the moisture. The vapor
speeded the introduction of new combustors in aircraft. In a
pressure of water at 313 K may be taken as 7.4
test for an aircraft fuel with the average composition C 1.20
kPa.
H4.40, the fuel is completely burned with the exact
a. 1.06 kg/s
stochiometric amount of air required. The air is supplied at
b. 2.22 kg/s
24°C and 100 kPa, with a humidity of 80 percent. For the
c. 4.05 kg/s
entering air, compute the following:
d. 3.78 kg/s
7. The dew point
Nos. 2 to 4
a. 19 deg C
A gas at 200°F and 30 in Hg abs. has a molal humidity of b. 23 deg C
0.10. Calculate: c. 17 deg C
d. 21 deg C
2. The percentage humidity. 8. The molal humidity
a. 4.9% a. 0.011
b. 3.9% b. 0.029
c. 1.2% c. 0.015
d. 2.8% d. 0.024
3. The percentage relative humidity. 9. The relative humidity
a. 10% a. 0.81
b. 12% b. 0.77
c. 19% c. 0.89
d. 17% d. 0.73
4. The dew point.
a. 108 deg F Nos. 10 to 14
b. 129 deg F
Air at 300K and 100 kPa has a dew point of 289K.
c. 112 deg F
d. 133 deg F 10. What is the precent relative humidity?
5. Toluene is evaporated into dry air. The resulting a. 62%
mixture at 40°C and a pressure of 101.3 kPa has b. 44%
a percentage saturation of 50%. It is desired to c. 51%
condense 80% of the toluene in the mixture by a d. 79%
process of cooling and compressing. If the 11. To what pressure must this air be compressed to
temperature is reduced to 5°C, determine the cause condensation to start (the temperature
pressure to which gas must be compressed. remains at 300K)?
a. 1240 mmHg a. 188 kPa
b. 1360 mmHg b. 175 kPa
c. 1150 mmHg c. 219 kPa
d. 1490 mmHg d. 200 kPa
6. A silica gel drier removes 1000 kg of water per 12. To what temperature must this air be cooled to
hour. Air is supplied at a temperature of 55°C remove 25% of the moisture (the pressure stays
and a dew point of 26.5°C. The air leaves the constant at 100 kPa)?
drier at a temperature of 32°C and a dew point of a. 13 deg C
7.2°C. The pressure in the system is constant at b. 12 deg C
100.0 kPa. Calculate the volume of the wet air (at c. 14 deg C
the initial conditions) which is supplied per hour. d. 11 deg C
 13. What would be the percent relative humidity of a. 53,000 cfm
this air after heating to 340K (at constant b. 32,000 cfm
pressure)? c. 29,000 cfm
a. 8% d. 45,000 cfm
b. 6% 19. A feed of 4535 kg/h of a 2.0 wt % salt solution at
c. 7% 311 K enters continuously a single-effect
d. 9% evaporator and is being concentrated to 3.0%.
14. Did the molal saturation change during the The evaporation is at atmospheric pressure and
heating indicated in number 13? the area of the evaporator is 69.7 m 2. Saturated
a. Yes steam at 383.2 K is supplied for heating. Since
b. No the solution is dilute, it can be assumed to have
15. Consider the drying operation shown in the figure the same boiling point as water. The heat
below for a solid loading (dry basis) of 50kg/m^2 capacity of the feed can be taken as Cp = 4.10
with a constant drying rate of 5kg/m^2 -h. The kJ/kg-K. Calculate the overall heat-transfer
falling rate of drying is linear with moisture coefficient U in W/m2-K.
content. The drying time in hours required to a. 1762
reduce an initial moisture content of 25% to a b. 1823
c. 1790
final moisture content of 2% is ____.
d. 1941
20. A double effect evaporator is heated with steam
at 250degF. The 2nd effect is under vacuum at a
temperature of 120degF. If BPR1 = 10degF;
BPR2 = 28degF; U1 = 300 and U2 = 250, estimate
the boiling point of the solution in the first effect.
a. 200 deg F
b. 210 deg F
c. 202 deg F
d. 208 deg F

a. 1.55
b. 3.25
c. 2.75
d. 4.55
Nos. 16 to 18
10 short tons/h of crushed coal with 15.1% moisture (wet
basis) is to be dried to 5% moisture (wet basis) in a
counter-current continuous rotary dryer using hot air
entering the dryer at 180°F, 10% relative humidity and
leaves at 40% RH. Assume adiabatic operation.
16. Calculate the humidity of the leaving air.
a. 0.023
b. 0.045
c. 0.067
d. 0.012
17. Determine the wet bulb temperature of the
leaving air.
a. 106 deg F
b. 128 deg F
c. 115 deg F
d. 132 deg F
18. How much hot air, in ft3/min will be needed for the
operation?