EXERCISES CHAPTER 3,4,5

1. Professional vocabularies of Chapter 3

Student each group should be found professional words or phases in all slides to do four duties such as
1. writing down vocabularies in professional words or phase
2. Distinguishing on words or phases are written as verbs, nouns, or adjectives
3. Translating on professional vocabularies or phases in to Vietnamese meaning
3. Writing down phonetic transcription of all professional vocabularies which is found by students
Assignments to groups
Group 1: slide 2,3,5 Group 10:slide 23,24
Group 2: slide 7,8 Group 11: slide 25,26
Group 3: slide 9,10 Group 12: slide 27,28
Group 4: slide 11,12 Group 13: slide 29
Group 5: slide 13,14 Group 14:slide 10,11
Group 6: slide 15,16
Group 7: slide 17,18
Group 8: slide 19,20
Group 9:slide 21,22

2.Note:
All groups ( 1-14) should translate in to Vietnamese all exercises and solution by writing
by your hand in the below
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 EXAMPLE FOR A REGULAR EXERCISES

Carry out a drying process in a convection dryer using a air -vapour heat exchanger to heat the
ambient air.
Knowing on the amount of water evaporated from the wet material is 100 kg/h. The temperature of
the outdoor air is 20OC, the relative humidity is 80%, the drying agent get in to the drying chamber
has the dry bulb temperatures (tdb ) is 50OC. The Steam used is moisture saturated steam with its
pressure of 4 bar and the dryness x is 95%. The heat consumption for the actual drying process is
13% higher than the theoretical drying process.
Let's define:
1)Drawing on the system l ayout diagram ( 0,5 marks)
2)Calculate the flow of the fan (m3/h). (4 marks)
3) Amount of steam required to heat the air (kg/h). (2 marks)
4)Calculate the heat exchange surface area of ​the heat exchange incase the heat transfer
coefficient between the air and the steam k = 30 W/m2K, the heat exchanger efficiency is 77%. (3,5
marks)

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 2 Professional vocabularies of Chapter 4
Student each group should be found professional words or phases in all slides to do four duties such as
1. writing down vocabularies in professional words or phase
2. Distinguishing on words or phases are written as verbs, nouns, or adjectives
3. Translating on professional vocabularies or phases in to Vietnamese meaning
3. Writing down phonetic transcription of all professional vocabularies which is found by students
Assignments to groups
Group 1: slide 2,3,4 Group 10:slide 29,30,31
Group 2: slide 5,6,7 Group 11: slide 32,33,34
Group 3: slide 8,9,10 Group 12: slide 35,36,37
Group 4: slide 11,12,13 Group 13: slide 38,39,40
Group 5: slide 14,15,16 Group 14:slide 41,42,43
Group 6: slide 17,18,19
Group 7: slide 20,21,22
Group 8: slide 23,24,25
Group 9:slide 26,27,28

2.Note:
All groups ( 1-14) should translate in to Vietnamese all exercises and solution by writing
by your hand in the below
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Exercise 1:
The Soy bean has the specific density of soy bean is 753kg/m3, The initial and final moisture
contents of soy bean are 33% and 13% (wet basis). The shape coefficient of soybean grain
 =1,3 and its dimension of grain are a=3,5mm, b=5mm, l=6mm
During drying, the outdoor air temperature and relative humidity is 37OC and 70%, the drying
agent temperature is 50OC. Drying agent velocity vg = 1.5 m/s,

Calculate the drying rate (U1) of the constant rate period for a soybean drying process with
the following parameters:

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Exercise 2: Calculating the drying rate in the constant rate and and falling rate period for a
drying process of 40mm thick wood panels We known the outdoor temperature and
humidity relative are 20C, 60%, the agent temperature is 90C. The initial and final
moisture content of the drying process were 50% and 12%, respectively (wet base). The
equilibrium moisture content of wood is 11%, density of wood is 900 kg/m3. hot air velocity
is 2 m/s
We calculate to Luikov method
The state factors of air
Point t (C) d (g/kgKK)  (%) I (kJ/kg) tw (C)
0 20 60
1 90
2
m Im=I2 =I1

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Exercise 3:
Calculate the drying rate of the constant (According to AV Luikov
method) for the drying process of 40mm thick wood panels. You known
the outdoor temperature and relative humidity is 20C, 60%, the
temperature of drying agent by 90C. The initial and final moisture
content of the drying materials are 50% and 12%, respectively (wet
basis). The equilibrium moisture content of the wood is 12%. The
velocity of the air is 2 m/s.

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Exercise 4
Determine the material heating time in the drying process with the
following agent parameters:
t0 = 1 = 25C,
tdp0 = 20C,
t1 = 80C, t2 = 45C,
the agent velocity in the drying chamber is 1.5 m/s.
Given that the equivalent diameters of the material are d = 5 mm
m = 0.09 W/mK,
Cm = 2.44 kJ/kg.K (absolutely dry material)
m = 1300 kg/m3 .

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Exercise 5
A spherical egg with it diameter d = 5.5cm.
The thermal conductivity =0.6 W/mK
Thec thermal diffusion coefficient a = 0.14.10-6 m2/s.
The convective heat transfer coefficient  = 1400 W/m 2 .K.
The Initial egg temperature is 8C,
The water temperature 97C.
Requirement:
Calculate the time it takes for the temperature at the center of the egg to reach 70C.

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 Exercise 6 .student must present this exercise in excel file
Calculate the drying rate of constant rate and falling rate periods for the fluidized bed drying process of refined
salt with the given data:
Mean diameter: d = 953 m density: p = 2138 kg/m3
Specific heat: Cm = 0.87 kJ/kgK thermal conductivity: m= 0.65 W/mK
Input capacity: G1 = 1000 kg/h
Initial moisture content: M1 = 5.0% ( wet basis)
Product moisture content: M2 = 0.2% ( wet basis)
Equilibrium moisture content : Me = 0.12%
The state of the air:
Before entering the heat exchange: t0 = 32.10C, 0 = 79.5 %

After leaving the heat exchange : t1 = 1700C

The rear of the drying chamber: t2 = 85 0 C
Air velocity: vg = 1.33 m/s
State of the material
Before entering the drying chamber: Assoc.Prof.
1 = t0 =Bui32.1 0C
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After leaving drying chamber: 2 = 1200C Engineering
 3 Professional vocabularies of Chapter 5
Student each group should be found professional words or phases in all slides to do four duties such as
1. writing down vocabularies in professional words or phase
2. Distinguishing on words or phases are written as verbs, nouns, or adjectives
3. Translating on professional vocabularies or phases in to Vietnamese meaning
3. Writing down phonetic transcription of all professional vocabularies which is found by students
Assignments to groups
Group 1: slide 2,3,4 Group 10:slide 31,32,33,34
Group 2: slide 5,6,7 Group 11: slide 35,36,37,38
Group 3: slide 8,9,10 Group 12: slide 39,40,41,42
Group 4: slide 11,12,13 Group 13: slide 43,44,45,46
Group 5: slide 14,15,16 Group 14:slide 47,48,49,50
Group 6: slide 17,18,19
Group 7: slide 20,21,22
Group 8: slide 23,24,25,26
Group 9:slide 27,28,29,30

2.Note:
All groups ( 1-14) should translate in to Vietnamese all exercises and solution by writing
by your hand in the below
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Exercise 5.1:
Noddle is dried by the hot air flow through the heat exchanger in two modes: one-time
heating mode intermediate heating mode. For the one-time heating mode, the drying
temperature is t = 70C, while the intermediate heating will be divided into 3 heating
times. When drying, the air temperature is t0 = 25C, tw0 = 20C.
1. Drawing the layout and heat supply diagram in the two ways of supplying drying
agent mentioned above.
2. The process of drying agent level once and intermediate heating 3 times is shown on
the Id graph. Find the values (I, d, t, ) at the points.
3. Determine the heat loss of the heating process and the heat loss of the drying
process of the two processes.

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Exercise 5.2:
A corn dryer with input capacity G1 = 2000 kg/h, initial moisture content 30%. Given the velocity
of the agent moving in the drying chamber V = 1m/s. The dryer is designed to both drying
modes: recirculation before the heater and non-recirculation of exhaust air. The ambient air
temperature A (t = 27C and ts = 20C). The drying agent is heated to tB = 80C, the exhaust air
temperature tC = 50C.
1. Draw the drying system diagram and build the drying processes for two modes with
recirculation coefficient n = 25% on the I – d chart.
2. Determine the state parameters of drying agent.
3. Calculate the drying agent cost of the drying process in the recirculation mode? Calculate the
amount of fresh air l0 ? amount of return air lH?
4. Calculate the heat consumption of the drying process in two modes.

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Exercise 5.3:
A dryer can work in 3 modes: (a) non-recirculation drying, (2) recirculation font of the heater
and behind the heater, n = 125 %. We known the ambient temperature is 30C, the vapor partial
pressure is 0.03 bar, the drying temperature is 90C , the temperature of exhaust air is 50C. The
cylindrical drying chamber has a diameter of 0.8m, the agent velocity is 1.5 m/s. The drying
agent is heated by a steam heat exchanger .The heat exchanger uses saturated steam with
pressure 5 bar, initial dry ratio 0.85, final dry ratio 0.1.
1. Draw the layout diagram of the drying system.
2. Calculate the specific heat consumption for all 3 processes
3. Compare the capacity of the heater in the 3 cases. Which drying mode should be selected
for this drying system?
4. Calculate the amount of steam consumed in the 3 drying modes knowing the heater
efficiency is 80%.

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Exercise 5.4 :
A heat pump dryer for drying vegetables. Knowing the required drying temperature is 40C, the
exhaust gas after leaving the drying chamber with a moisture content of d = 35 g/kgkkk is
returned to 100%. Exhaust air is blown through the indoor unit to condense moisture and
dehumidify. Know that the air coming out of the indoor unit has a humidity ratio d = 7g
moisture/kgkkk. After passing through the indoor unit, cold dry air is blown through the outdoor
unit, increasing the air temperature to t = 40C and then continuing to blow into the drying
chamber.
a) Draw a diagram of the operating principle of the device, represent the process on a graph I -
d or t-d
b) Determine the state parameters of the drying agent at the points.
c) If the fan has an air flow Qf = 5000m3 /h. Calculate the amount of condensate removed from
the drying chamber through the indoor unit?
d) Capacity of evaporator unit QL
e) Heat of condenser unit must provide QN .

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Exercise 5.5 :

A heat pump dryer is designed to operate in a drying mode that removes the agent. The outdoor air
has a wet bulb temperature and a dew point temperature of 22C and 20C, respectively, the drying
agent has a temperature and humidity ratio of 45C and 8g/kgkk, respectively. Exhaust air out of the
drying chamber with a relative humidity of 50%. The supply flow of the fan is 1000 m 3 /h.

• Request:

• Draw the block diagram of the equipment layout and build the drying processes on the graph of
moist air T-d.

• Find the state parameters at the nodes of the two drying processes.

• Determine the specific agent cost and specific heat consumption for the drying process.

• Calculate the required capacity of the condenser and evaporator.

• Calculate the amount of condensate collected at the evaporator in 1 hour.

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