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Evaporation of a Binary Mixture

This is the problem in Figures 5.4 and 5.5. The following parameters are given:
benzene (1), bulk mole fraction
toluene (2), bulk mole fraction
Interfacial equilibrium
Mass transfer coefficient
Concentration of liquid
The total flux

x1 := 0.5
x2 := 1 x1
y2 = K2 x2
k12 := 10
c := 10

y1 = 1 y2

K := 0.5

N := 1 k12 c

N = N1 + N2

You are to compute the two fluxes and the composition of the gas leaving the drop.
This problem is more complicated than the the previous ones because you do not know
the interface compositions. This means that you have the following unknowns:
x1 , x2 , y1 , y2 , x1 , x2 , N1 , N2

So eight unknowns, which requires eight equations. We begin by making estimates:


x1 := x1

x2 := 1 x1

x1 := 0.5 ( x1 + x1)

y2 := K x2

x2 := 0.5 ( x2 + x2)

y1 := 1 y2
N1 := 0.9 N

N2 := 0.1 N

Below we have constructed the greater part of the Given..Find block for you. It begins
with a 'summation equation' for the two unknown mole fractions (often a useful equation),
calculation of the average mole fractions in the film (which are auxiliary unknowns) and
the vapour compositions.
You see that you still need three more equations. Here are two hints to find these.
(a) There are two transport relations in Figure 5.5. Are these independent?
(b) What do you know about the ratios and sum of the fluxes?
Given
x1 + x2 = 1

x1 = 0.5 ( x1 + x1)

x2 = 0.5 ( x2 + x2)

Answer := Find ( x1 , x2 , y1 , y2 , x1 , x2 , N1 , N2 )
N1 := Answer6

N1 = 0.9

N2 := Answer7

N2 = 0.1

x1 := Answer0

x1 = 0.5

x2 := Answer1

x2 = 0.5

y2 = K x2

y1 = 1 y2

we have put the result in


the vector 'Answer'
note that the subscripts of
'Answer' begin with 0

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