//Harriot P.,2003,Chemical Reactor Design (I-Edition) Marcel Dekker,Inc.,USA,pp 436. //Chapter-9 Ex9.1 Pg No.376 //Title:Model II- Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficient (K) //============================================================================================================ clear clc //INPUT u0=[ 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.75 0.95 1.15];//Fluid Velocities (m/sec) X=[0.923 0.872 0.846 0.775 0.728 0.664];//Conversion h_by_h0=[1.26 1.44 1.66 2.0 2.3 2.7];//Height of bed under fluidized condition by height of packed bed Epsilon_m=0.456;//Fraction of voids in packed bed h0=0.75;//Height of packed bed (m) k_r=4.45 ;//Reaction rate constant(sec-1) W=5;//Weight of the bed (kg) //CALCULATION n=length(X); for i=1:n K0_L_by_u0(i)=log(1/(1-X(i)));//Refer equation 9.21 Pg No.371 L(i)=h_by_h0(i)*h0; one_minus_epsilon(i)=(1-Epsilon_m)/h_by_h0(i); k_rhob(i)=k_r*one_minus_epsilon(i); K0(i)=K0_L_by_u0(i)*u0(i)/L(i); K(i)=1/((K0(i).^(-1))-(1/k_rhob(i))); //Refer equation 9.19 Pg No.371 end //OUTPUT mprintf('\nThe values of K for given velocities') mprintf('\n u (m/sec) \t K (sec-1) '); mprintf('\n==================================================================='); for i=1:n mprintf('\n %.3g \t \t %0.3f',u0(i),K(i)); end //FILE OUTPUT fid= mopen('.\Chapter9-Ex1-Output.txt','w'); mfprintf(fid,'\nThe values of K for given velocities') mfprintf(fid,'\n u (m/sec) \t K (sec-1) '); mfprintf(fid,'\n==================================================================='); for i=1:n mfprintf(fid,'\n %.3g \t \t %0.3f',u0(i),K(i)); end //==============================================END OF PROGRAM=============================================