Problem Sheet # 2
1. A 150- mm-thick demister pad for removing fine droplets of H
2
SO
4
from a gas
stream is made of 50-
,
`
.
|
+
b
s
b s
b g
n
g
h
in which b
v
is the steady upwards velocity of the particle when the drag and
gravitational forces are balanced.
7. Figure given below shows an apparatus for studying flow in a porous medium.
Fluid of high viscosity flows between two parallel plates PP under the
Fluidized bed
z
D
v
M
v
g
v
s
influence of a uniform pressure gradient dp / d
x
. Midway between the plates is a
slab S of porous material of void fraction and permeability
.
The diagram
shows the velocity profile in the fluid, the velocity within the slab being the
interstitial velocity:
dx
dp
u
i
.2
Apparatus for studying flow in a porous medium.
Explain why the velocity profile is of the form indicated, with particular attention to
the boundary conditions at the slab surfaces. Show that the total flow rate
Q
per
unit width is:
( ) .
6
1
3
]
]
]
+ +
,
`
.
|
h a
a
dx
dp
Q
8. Figure given below shows a spherical reactor of internal diameter D that is packed
to a height H (symmetrically disposed about the equator) with spherical catalyst
particles of diameter d and void Fraction