GE501 Modeling and Simulation of Engineering Systems

Final Exam First Semester 1427/1428

Home Exam: write your answers neatly in a full detailed report
Submit your answers on Wednesday 1.00 pm
Q.1
The steady state temperature of a thin square plate with internal heat generation is given
by the following partial differential equation:
2T 2T
( )R 0
x 2 y 2
where: R = heat generation = 90F/hr. thermal diffusivity = 0.5 ft /hr. 2

The boundary conditions are:

T(0, y) = 1500F T(1, y) = 100F
T(x, 0) = 600F T(x, 1) = 40F
Divide the plate into 16 squares (h=k=0.25),
(a) Using finite differences set up the above differential equation for numerical solution.
Show all equations needed to evaluate the temperature at the internal points.
(b) Write an iteration MATLAB code to evaluate the temperature at the internal points.
Explain all steps. Do only 20 iterations and round the numbers to the closest degree.
(c) Using FEMLAB Estimate (as accurately as possible) the steady state temperature
distribution inside the plate. Compare your results at the exact center of the plate.

Q.2
Ammonia undergoes a reaction with oxygen to form nitric oxide and water.
5 3
NH 3 O2 NO H 2O
2 2
The reaction occurs on the surface of a tube in a microreactor at constant temperature
and is governed by the following rate of reaction
3.4 108 exp(21700 / RT ) pNH 3 pO0.25
rNH 3
1 8 102

exp(4400 / RT ) pO0.25 1 1.6 10 3 exp(25500 / RT ) p NH 3
The inlet stream contains ammonia and oxygen with partial pressure of 0.046 and 0.068
torr, respectively, and the flow rate is 100 liter/h. Solve the problem for a temperature of
473 K and 673 K using MATLAB odes solvers and compare the results.
The microreactor channel is 40*300 m and its length is 1 cm. the governing equations
are
dFi
Pvi rNH
dz 3

Where vi is the stoichiometric coefficient of the ith species; P is perimeter, cm, Fi is the
flow rate of the ith species (mol/sec). In addition
N
F
FT Fi , p i i pT R 62.36 liter.torr / mol.K
i 1 FT
Q.3
The advection-diffusion equation is used to compute the distribution of concentration
along the length of a rectangular chemical reactor
c 2c c
D 2 U kc
t x x
Where c = concentration, t=time, D=diffusion coefficient, x=reactors longitudinal axis,
U=velocity and k=reaction rate. Develop a scheme based on method of line to solve this
equation numerically. Test for k=0.1, D=100 and U=1 for a reactor of length 10. Solve
this problem using FEMLAB and compare your results at t=1 and x=0.5. Clean initial
conditions for the reactor can be assumed and the gradient of the concentration at the
inlet can be taken to be zero. The inlet concentration is assumed to be unity.

Q.4
Compound A diffuses through a 4-cm long tube and reacts as it diffuses. The equation
governing diffusion with reaction is
d2A
D 2 kA 0
dx
At one end of the tube there is a large source of A at a concetratin of 0.1 M. At the other
end of the tube there is an adsorbent material that quickly absorbs any A. Using D=10-6
and k=4*10-6 determine the concentration of A as a function of distance in the tube using
the following methods:
(a) One-point collocation
(b) Shooting method
(c) Finite difference method
(d) MATLAB