Hint: so, need to find out X (i.e.

how long) and radius (r),

The cross sectional area of the filter (πr2) = volumetric air flow rate/linear air velocity
Problem
Medium at a flow rate of 2 m3 h-1 is to be sterilised by heat exchange with steam in a continuous steriliser. The liquid
contains bacterial spores at a concentration of 5*1012 m-3; the activation energy and Arrhenius constant for thermal
destruction of these contaminants are 283 kJ g mol-1 and 5.7 x 1039 h-1, respectively. A contamination risk of one
organism surviving every 60 days' operation is considered acceptable. The steriliser pipe has an inner diameter of 0.1 m;
the length of the holding section is 24 m. The density of the medium is 1000 kg m -3 and the viscosity is 3.6 kg m-1 h-1. What
sterilising temperature is required?
 0.1
πr 2

Re – Reynold’s number
D – pipe diameter
u – fluid velocity
For Re= 7.07 x 103 we can determine Dz from Figure 13.40 using the experimental curve (this µ - viscosity
data/graph is generally given or obtained from experiments) ρ - density
The sterilisation temperature can be evaluated after rearranging Eq.

Da = 42
Hope you all understand it