//clear// clear; clc; //Example 16.1 //Given mdot = 20000; //[lb/h] xin = 0.20; xout = 0.50; Pg = 20; //[lbf/in.^2] Pabs = 1.93; //[lbf/in.^2] U = 250; //[Btu/ft^2-h-F] Tf = 100; //[F] //Solution //the amount of water in feed and thick liquor, from material balance w_feed = 80/20; //[lb/per pound of solid] w_liquor = 50/50; //[lb/per pound of solid] //water evaporated w_eva = w_feed-w_liquor; //[lb/per pound of solid] //or w_eva = w_eva*mdot*xin; //[lb/h] //Flow raye of thick liquor is ml_dot = mdot-w_eva //[lb/h] //Steam consumed //Since with strong solutions of NaOH the heat of dilution is not negligible, //the rate of heat transfer is found from Eq.(16.4) and Fig. 16.8. //The vaporiztion temperature of the 50 percent solution at a pressure of 100 mmHg //is found as follows Tb_w = 124; //[F], at 100 mmHg, from Appendix 7 Tb_s = 197; //[F], from Fig. 16.8 BPE = Tb_s-Tb_w; //[F] //From Fig. 16.8, the enthalpies of the feed and thick liquor are found Hf = 55; //[Btu/lb], 20% solids, 100 [F] H = 221; //[Btu/lb], 50% solids, 197 [F] //Enthalpy of the leaving water vapor is found from the steam table Hv = 1149; //[Btu/lb], At 197 [F] and 1.93 [lbf/in.^2] //Enthalpy of the vapor leaving the evaporator lambda_s = 939;//[Btu/lb], At 20 [lbf/in.^2], from Appendix 7 //Using Eq.(16.4), the rate of heat transfer and steam consumption q = (mdot-ml_dot)*Hv + ml_dot*H - mdot*Hf; //[Btu/h] ms_dot = q/lambda_s; //[lb/h] disp('lb/h',ms_dot,'steam consumed is') //Economy Economy = ml_dot/ms_dot disp(Economy,'Economy') //Heating Surface //The condensation temperature of the steam is 259 [F], the heating area required is A = q/(U*(259-197)) //[ft^2] disp('ft^2',A,'heating area required is')