In the manufacture of nitric acid, air containing 10 percent ammonia is passed through a pack of

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In the manufacture of nitric acid, air containing 10 percent ammonia is passed through a pack of fine-mesh wire screens of Pt/Rh alloy. 

(a) Calculate the heat- transfer coefficient for air at 500°C flowing at a superficial velocity of 20 ft/s past wires 0.5 mm in diameter. 

(b) If the surface area of the wire screen is 3.7 cm2/cm2 of cross section, what is the temperature change in air, initially at 500°C, flowing through one screen if the surface of the wires is at 900°C?

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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering

ISBN: 9780072848236

7th Edition

Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott

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