//Harriot P.,2003,Chemical Reactor Design (I-Edition) Marcel Dekker,Inc. USA,pp 436. //Chapter-7 Ex7.6.c Pg No.300 //Title:k_L_a and the average dissolved oxygen concentration. //====================================================================================================================== clear clc //INPUT P_aerated=203;//Total power of agitator when aerated (kW) calculated in Ex7.6.b V=151;//Volume of solution calculated Ex7.6.a (m3) ug_sup1=3*(10^(-2));//based on 30(°C) and 1 atm. Press_top=1;//Pressure at the top of the vessel (atm) Press_bottom=2;//From Ex7.6.c ug_sup2=ug_sup1/Press_bottom;// at 2atm superficial velocity (cm/sec) ug_ave=(ug_sup1+ug_sup2)/2;//Average superficial velocity (cm/sec) depth=12;//Depth of reactor (m) one_atm_water=10.3;//1 atm pressure corresponds to 10.3 (m) height of water k_H_O2=5.2*10^(4)// Henery's law constant for O2 in water for O2 (atm/mol fraction) r_O2_peak=45*(10^(-3));//Flow rate of O2 at peak demand M_O2=32;//Molecular weight of O2 M_H2O=18;//Molecular weight of water //CALCULATION P_by_V_ave=P_aerated/V; kLa_O2_sulfite=0.32;//Using figure7.16 based on ave(P/V) value and ug_average value kLa_soln=0.7*kLa_O2_sulfite;//kLa for this solution is 70% of the value for oxygen absorption in sodium sulfite (sec-1) y_O2=0.086;//If gas is backmixed depth_ave=depth/2; Press_ave=(Press_top+(depth_ave/one_atm_water));//Pressure at average depth (atm) C_O2_star=(Press_ave*y_O2/k_H_O2)*(1000/M_H2O);//Conversion (mol/L) r_conv=r_O2_peak/3600;//Rate at peak O2 demand (mol/L sec) C_ave=(C_O2_star-(r_conv/kLa_soln)) C_ave_conv=C_ave*M_O2*1000;//Converted value of O2 concentration in(mg/L) //OUTPUT //Console Output mprintf('\n\tThe calculated value of kLa (mass transfer coefficient) of solution:%0.2f (sec-1)',kLa_soln); mprintf('\n\tThe calculated value of average dissolved O2 concentration: %0.2f (mg/L)',C_ave_conv); //File Output fid= mopen('.\Chapter7_Ex6_c_Output.txt','w'); mfprintf(fid,'\n\tThe calculated value of kLa (mass transfer coefficient) of solution:%0.2f (sec-1)',kLa_soln); mfprintf(fid,'\n\tThe calculated value of average dissolved O2 concentration: %0.2f (mg/L)',C_ave_conv); mclose('all'); //=================================================END OF PROGRAM=================================================================== // Disclaimer :The numerically calculated value of dissolved O2 concentration is 2.87 mg/L not 2.8 mg/L as mentioned in the textbook