//Harriot P.,2003,Chemical Reactor Design (I-Edition) Marcel Dekker,Inc., USA,pp 436 //Chapter-4 Ex4.2.b Pg No.140 //Title:Computation of surface mean pore radius, Diffusivity and tortusity //=========================================================================================================== 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 M_O2=32;//Molecular weight of O2 T=493;//Opereating Temperature D_e=0.0235;//Refer Ex4.2a (cm2/s) Pg. No. 141 //CALCULATION Epsilon=V_g*rho_P; r_bar=2*V_g/(S_g*10^4); D_K=9700*(r_bar)*sqrt(T/M_O2);//Knudsen Flow D_Pore=1/((1/D_K)+(1/D_AB)); tau=D_Pore*Epsilon/D_e; //OUTPUT //Console Output mprintf('\n The calculated surface mean pore radius = %.0e cm',r_bar); mprintf('\n The predicted pore diffusivity = %0.2e cm2/sec',D_Pore); mprintf('\n The corresponding tortusity = %0.2f',tau); //File Output fid= mopen('.\Chapter4_Ex2_b_Output.txt','w'); mfprintf(fid,'\n The calculated surface mean pore radius = %.0e cm',r_bar); mfprintf(fid,'\n The predicted pore diffusivity = %0.2e cm2/sec',D_Pore); mfprintf(fid,'\n The corresponding tortusity = %0.2f',tau); mclose(fid); //===========================================END OF PROGRAM==================================================