1. Mass Transfer 2
Section # 1

2. The Last Term ! Overview on subjects Graduation Project
Recharge your batteries!

3. Mentality! What have you heard about the subject?
How do you see the subject?
How will you deal with the
Subject?

4. Massophobia!

5. What about the section?! Please don’t change your timetable.
At least 12 sections in 9 weeks!
Monday Monday Monday
Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday
Where:
Mondays: pm (sections 1 and 2)
Tuesdays: 2 pm (sections 3 and 4)
The site name:
The Course name: Mass Transfer (Second Term)
Enrollment Key: Masstwo2013
Office hours:
a) Mondays:: (11:45-3)
b) Tuesdays: (10: 2)

6. Year’s Work 10 marks for the section.
Marks will be distributed on 2 quizzes, and a report.
The attendence will be used as bonus marks.

7. The schedule Section Subject 1st Refreshment 2nd
Sheet # 1 Psychrometry
3rd
Sheet # 1 Psychrometry (cont’d)
4th
Leaching Sheet
5th
Leaching Sheet (cont’d)
6th
Leaching Exams
7th
Sheet # 2 Psychrometry
8th
Psychrometry Exams (on sheet #1)
9th
Sheet # 2 Psychrometry (cont’d)
10th
Leaching “Solids-free coordinates”
11th
Non-Adiabatic Evaporative cooling
12th
Psychrometry Exams (on sheet #2)

8. Studied Applications of Mass transfer
Absorption
Distillation
Crystallization
Membrane Separation
Mass transfer limited chemical reaction
Mass transfer limited electrochemical reaction

9. Important Mass Transfer Concepts
1) Equilibrium Relation
It is mainly got using a set of experimental data.
The equilibrium relation is specific for certain system, temperature, and pressure.
Mainly reaching equilibrium isn’t economically favorable.
It represents one of the constraints for the chemical engineer.
It defines your borders!
It is vital for the design of the mass transfer equipment.

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2) Operating Curve (Line)
It is got by performing overall balance on the equipment. (mass and heat balance)
We can have one or more operating curves for one equipment.
It is so called because any point on this line (curve) represents the bulk concentrations of the phases at any section of the equipment (As if the equipment operates along this line!)

11. Important Mass Transfer Concepts
2) Operating Curve (Line) (Cont’d) (Ponchon-Savarit) method used in distillation is an example of having more than one operating line.

12. Important Mass Transfer Concepts
3) Number of stages
Based on the overall efficiency, we have certain relation between ideal and actual stages.
Ideal stages can be calculated
graphically using the method
shown in the figure.
For packed column, we don’t
have stages. But, we have
a concept known as number
of transfer units.

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4) Pinch Point
No separation will be affected, as there is zero driving force.
Infinite number of stages is
required.
One of the flow rates is
at its minimum value.
The operating flow rates are
determined based on it.

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5) Rate of mass transfer
Rate = mass transfer coefficient * Area * Driving force
Driving force can be the pressure or concentration difference.
The units of mass transfer coefficient depends upon the driving force.
The mass transfer coefficient is very important in determining the plate efficiency, and thus in the design of the plate column.
The mass transfer coefficient is very important in determining the height of transfer unit, and thus in the design of the packed column.
The mass transfer coefficient is mainly got using empirical equations.

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6) Why do we calulate number of stages graphically?!
In the mass transfer applications, we mainly have mass balance and equilibrium relations only, so why don’t we solve them together to get the number of stages?!
To answer this question, we will take a simple example on an absorption column:
We will further assume that the equilibrium relation can be substituted by a straight line (Y= α X)
The overall mass balance equation is:

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6) Why do we calculate number of stages graphically?! (Cont’d)
Substituting the equilibrium relation in the mass balance gives:
The previous is known as a “First order finite difference equation”. It is solved by certain mathematical technique to get after more than 4 or 5 steps:

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6) Why do we calculate number of stages graphically?! (Cont’d)
Finally!

18. Multi-component Distillation
Highlights
Multi-component Distillation

19. Introduction Multicomponent Distillation Sorel Method
Lewis-Matheson Method
Shortcut Method
Plate to plate method
Empirical Methods

20. KEY COMPONENTS
The solution is based on choice of two “key” components between which it’s desired to make the separation: “Light Key” and “Heavy Key”.
Light Key: is the lightest component in the bottom product
Heavy Key: is the heaviest component in the top product a