//Harriot P.,2003,Chemical Reactor Design (I-Edition) Marcel Dekker,Inc.,USA,pp 436 //Chapter-7 Ex7.5.a Pg No.293 //Title:Maximum rate of CO absorption //=========================================================================================================== clear clc //INPUT P_dash=5;//Partial pressure of acetic acid (atm) P_total=20;//Total Pressure (atm) myu=0.19;// Viscosity of acetic acid T_C=180;//Temperature in (°C) T_K=T_C+273;//Temperature in (K) sigma_20=28;//Surface Tension(Dynes/cm) at 20 (°C) sigma_180=20;//Surface Tension (Dynes/cm)at 180 (°C) M_CO=28;//Molecular weight of CO M_B=60.05;//Molecular weight acetic acid V_A= 30.7;//Molar volume S_CO=7*10^(-3);//Solubility of CO (mol/L atm) f_CO=0.75;//Fraction of CO f_acetic_acid=1-f_CO;//Fraction of Acetic acid R=82.056*(10^-3);//(cm3 atm/ K  mol) rho_air=1.21;//(kg/m3)density of air at 20 (°C) sigma_H2O=72;//Surface tension (Dynes/cm) myu_H2O=1;//Viscosity of water k_L_a_air_water=0.051;//(sec-1) D_O2_water=2.4*(10^-5);//(cm2/sec)diffusivity for oxygen in water at 20(°C) Conc_Rh=4*10^(-3);//Concentration of Rohdium(M) Conc_CH3I=1;//Concentration of Methyl Iodide(M) //CALCUATION D_CO=(7.4*10^(-8)*M_B^(1/2)*T_K)/(myu*V_A^(0.6));//Diffusivity of CO (Wilke–Chang equation Eq4.17) M_ave=f_CO*M_CO+M_B*f_acetic_acid;//Average Molecular weight rho_g=M_ave*P_total/(R*T_K);//From ideal gas law epsilon_air_water= 0.12;//At velocity 6(cm/sec) epsilon=epsilon_air_water*(sigma_H2O/sigma_180)^(0.4)*(myu/myu_H2O)^(0.2)*(rho_g/rho_air)^(0.2);//From equation 7.64 u_G=6;//From figure 7.12(cm/sec) k_L_a=k_L_a_air_water*(D_CO/D_O2_water)^(0.5)*(epsilon/epsilon_air_water);//From equation 7.69 P_CO=P_total-P_dash; C_CO_Star=S_CO*P_CO; r_max=C_CO_Star*k_L_a;//Rate of CO absorption at 15 atm r_test=158.8*(10^(6))*exp(-8684/T_K)*(Conc_Rh)*(Conc_CH3I);//Kinetic rate at 180 (°C) //OUTPUT //Console Output mprintf('\n\tThe maximum rate of CO absorption at 15 atm : %0.3f (mol/L s)',r_max); mprintf('\n\tThe kinetic rate of CO absorption at 180(°C) : %0.3f (mol/L s)',r_test); mprintf('\n\tThe predicted value of k_L_a : %0.2f (s-1)',k_L_a); //File Output fid= mopen('.\Chapter7_Ex5_a_Output.txt','w'); mfprintf(fid,'\n\tThe maximum rate of CO absorption at 20 atm : %0.3f (mol/L s)',r_max); mfprintf(fid,'\n\tThe kinetic rate of CO absorption at 180(°C) : %0.3f (mol/L s)',r_test); mfprintf(fid,'\n\tThe predicted value of k_L_a : %0.2f (s-1)',k_L_a); mclose(fid); //=================================================END OF PROGRAM===========================================================