Tarea 2.

- Procesos de Separacin
Instructor: Jos Ezequiel Santibaez Aguilar

Problema 1 Diffusivity of polar gases

If one or both components of a binary gas mixture are polar, a modified Lennard-
Jones relation is often used. Brokaw (1969) has suggested an alternative method for this
case. Equation (1-49) is used, but the collision integral is now given by
2
0.19
= [ ] + (1-128)

Where
1.94103
2
= (1-129)

= , [1 = 3.162 1025 ( 3 )12 ]

= 1.18(1 + 1.3 2 ) (1-130)

1.585
= [1+1.32 ]13 (1-131)

= = = (1-132)

(a) Estimate the diffusion coefficient for a mixture of methyl chloride and sulfur dioxide
at 1 bar and 323 K, and compare it to the experimental value of 0.0782 . The
data required to use Brokaws relation are shown below (Reid et al., 1987):

Problems
Parameter Methyl chloride Sulfur dioxide
, 249.1 263.2
, 3 50.6 43.8
, 1.9 1.6
M 50.5 64.1
 Problema 2. Diffusivity of polar gases
Evaluate the diffusion coefficient of hydrogen chloride in water at 420 K and 1.2 bar.
The data required to use Brokaws relation (see problem 1) are shown below (Reid et al.,
1987):

Parameter Hydrogen chloride Water

, 188.1 373.2
, 3 / 30.6 18.9
, 1.1 1.8
M 36.5 18.0

Problema 3. Molecular diffusion through a gas-liquid interface

Ammonia, 3 , is being selectively removed from an 3 mixture by
absorption into water. In this steady-state process, ammonia is transferred by molecular
diffusion through a stagnant gas layer 5 mm thick and then through a stagnant water layer
0.1mm thick. The concentration of ammonia at the outer boundary of the gas layer is
3.42mol% and the concentration at the lower boundary of the water layer is essentially
zero.
The temperature of the system is 288 K and the total pressure is 1 atm. The
diffusivity of ammonia in air under these conditions is 0.215 2 and in liquid water is
1.77 105 2 . Neglecting water evaporation, determine the rate of diffusion of
ammonia, in 2 . Assume that the gas and liquid are in equilibrium at the interface.

The equilibrium data for ammonia over very dilute aqueous solution at 288 K and 1
atm can be represented by (Welty et al., 1984)

= 0.121 + 0.013 ln

= 0.0342

z = 5.0 mm
Gas
Interface
Liquid z = 0.1 mm

= 0.0