clear; clc; // Illustration 4.7 // Page: 257 printf('Illustration 4.7 - Page: 257\n\n'); // solution// Do = 5; // [mm] g = 9.8; // [square m/s] hw = 50; // [mm] // From example 4.4 Qg = 1.145; // [cubic m/s] // From example 4.6 Ah = 0.062; // [square m] // Do/l = t = 5/2 = 2.5 t = 2.5; // Ah/Aa = A = 0.101 A = 0.101; rowg = 1.923; // [kg/cubic m] rowl = 986; // [kg/cubic m] roww = 995; // [kg/cubic m] vo = Qg/Ah; // [m/s] // From equation 4.39 Co = 0.85032 - 0.04231*t + 0.0017954*t^2; // [for t>=1] // From equation 4.38 hd = 0.0051*(vo/Co)^2*rowg*(roww/rowl)*(1-A^2); // [cm] // From example 4.6 Aa = 0.615; // [square m] va = Qg/Aa; // [m/s] // From equation 4.41 Ks = va*sqrt(rowg/(rowl-rowg)); // [m/s] phie = 0.274; // From equation 4.4 ql = 0.000815; // [cubic m/s] // From example 4.6 Lw = 0.719; // [m] Cl = 50.12 + 43.89*exp(-1.378*hw); sigma = 0.07; // [N/m] // From eqution 4.40 hl = phie*(hw*10^-1+Cl*(ql/(Lw*phie))^(2/3)); // From equation 4.42 ho = 6*sigma/(g*rowl*Do*10^-3)*10^2; // [cm] // From equation 4.37 ht = hd+hl+ho; // [cm of clear liquid/tray] deltaPg = ht*g*rowl*10^-2; // [Pa/tray] printf("The tray gas-pressure drop for the ethanol is %f Pa/tray\n\n",deltaPg);