ChE 133 WDE/FUV 1st Semester A.Y.

2016-2017 Jovellana
Diagnostic Examination
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For items 1-10, identify the processes being defined.
Process
Definition
1. This is a heat transfer mechanism where the transfer of energy is
due to random molecular motion.
2. This is a heat transfer mechanism where the transfer of energy is
due to random molecular motion plus energy transfer due to bulk
motion or advection.
3. This is a heat transfer mechanism where energy is transferred by
electromagnetic waves.
4. This is the spontaneous moving of particles from an area of higher
concentration to an area of lower concentration.
5. This is the transfer of a soluble component of a gas phase into a
relatively nonvolatile liquid.
6. This is the adhesion of particles from a gas, liquid, or dissolved
solid to a surface.
7. This is the process of increasing the amount of moisture in a
system.
8. This is a simultaneous heat and mass transfer unit operation
involving the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation
from a wet or moist solid.
9. This is the vaporization from a surface of a liquid into a gaseous
phase that is not saturated with the vaporizing substance to
concentrate solutions.
10. This is the mass transfer of a solute from a liquid solution to a
pure solid crystalline phase.
For items 11-20, round off to four decimal places with the specified unit.
Answer
Problem
11-12. Calculate the heat loss (W) per m2 of surface area for an
insulating wall composed of 13.3-mm-thick fiber insulating board,
where the inside temperature is 347.8 K and the outside temperature
is 294.3 K. The thermal conductivity of the fiber insulating board is
0.047 W/m-K.
13-14. A gas of CH4 and He is contained in a tube at 101.325 kPa
pressure and 298.15 K. At one point, the partial pressure of methane
is pA1 = 61.33 kPa and at a point 0.02 m distance away, pA2 = 13.31
kPa. If the total pressure is constant throughout the tube, calculate
the flux (mol/s-m2) of CH4 at steady-state for equimolar
counterdiffusion. DAB (CH4 and He) = 0.675(10-4) m2/s. R = 8.314
J/mol-K.
15-16. Given a solid material containing 133% moisture on a dry
basis, what is the equivalent percent moisture content on a wet
basis?
17-18. Calculate the amount (g) of ice formed in cooling 1000 g of
sodium nitrate solution containing 10 parts of NaNO3 per 100 parts of
water by weight to -15C. The concentration of saturated NaNO3 [85
g/mol] in water solution at -15C is 6.2 mol/kg H2O.
19-20. One thousand kilograms of a 16% by weight sodium chloride
solution is concentrated to 47% in a batch evaporator. Calculate the

mass of water evaporated (kg).

Answers
1. Conduction
2. Convection
3. Radiation
4. Diffusion
5. Absorption
6. Adsorption
7. Humidification
8. Drying
9. Evaporation
10. Crystallization
11-12. 189.06 W
13-14. 0.06538 mol/s-m2
15-16. 57.08%
17-18. 736.59 g
19-20. 659.57 kg