//Harriot P.,2003,Chemical Reactor Design (I-Edition) Marcel Dekker,Inc., USA,pp 436 //Chapter-4 Ex4.2.a Pg No. 140 //Title:Effective diffusivity of O2 in air //============================================================================================================ clear clc //INPUT S_g=150;//Total surface per gram (m2/g) V_g=0.45;//Pore volume per gram (cm3/g) V_i=0.30;//Micropore volume per gram (cm3/g) V_a=0.15;// Macropore volume per gram (cm3/g) rho_P=1.2;//Density of particle (g/cm3) tau=2.5; r_bar_i=40*(10^(-8));//Micropore radius r_bar_a=2000*(10^(-8));//Macropore radius D_AB=0.49;//For N2–O2 at 1 atm (cm2/s) M_O2=32;//Molecular weight of O2 T=493;//Opereating Temperature (K) //CALCULATION Epsilon=V_g*rho_P; D_K_i=9700*(r_bar_i)*sqrt(T/M_O2);//Knudsen flow for micropore D_Pore_i=1/((1/D_K_i)+(1/D_AB)) D_K_a=9700*(r_bar_a)*sqrt(T/M_O2); D_Pore_a=1/((1/D_K_a)+(1/D_AB));////Knudsen flow for macropore D_Pore_Avg=(V_i*D_Pore_i+V_a*D_Pore_a)/(V_i+V_a); D_e=Epsilon*D_Pore_Avg/tau; //OUTPUT //Console Output mprintf('\n The effective diffusivity of O2 in air = %0.2e cm2/s',D_e); //File Output fid= mopen('.\Chapter4_Ex2_a_Output.txt','w'); mfprintf(fid,'\n The effective diffusivity of O2 in air = %0.2e cm2/s',D_e); mclose(fid); //======================================================END OF PROGRAM========================================