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or
where
is the convective
Thus,
or
is a constant,which may be a reasonable assumption in the mass transfer for dilute liquids
or
The Equation (36.8) is called the convective diffusion equation. The corresponding equation for species B has a similar
form. This equation may be used for describing the mass transfer in a binary system with constant mixture density
and diffusivity DAB. The Equation (36.8) for all coordinate systems is given in Appendix-8. This Equation may be further
extended in terms of molar units by dividing Equation (36.8) by the molecular weight of component i,Mwi, or
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The Equation (36.9) is also valid for the same cases where density p and diffusivity DAB are constants. The detail form
of Equation (36.9) in all coordinate systems are given in Appendix - 8.
If we compare Equation (36.8) to the equations of motion and the thermal energy, we note the following
Equation of motion:
All three equations written above are similar in form. These equations show the similarities among momentum, heat,
and mass transport and one should not be surprised to find that many times the friction factor may be used for
calculating the heat and mass transfer coefficients. It may be noted that the term (/ ) present in the Navior Strok
equation is called the momentum diffusivity and the term (k/ c p) present in the equation of thermal energy is called
the thermal diffusivity. These terms also show the analogy with mass diffusivity DAB as they all have the same units as
c.m.2/ sec.
also
or
Thus,
The value of
is known from Fick's law of diffusion and therefore Equation (36.15) may be used for determining
concentration profiles
(2) A diffusing through stagnant B
The species A diffuses through a stagnant species B. In this case, the flux of species B is zero, i.e.,
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or
or
where c 1 is the number of moles of species B which are moving with every mole of the species A. Thus, total flux of
species A may be written as
or
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