PROBLEM 8.118 KNOWN: Air flow through a plastic tube in which evaporation occurs.

FIND: Convection mass transfer coefficient, hm. SCHEMATIC:

ASSUMPTIONS: (1) Steady-state conditions, (2) Constant properties, (3) Heat-mass transfer analogy applicable, (4) Fully-developed flow and mass transfer conditions. PROPERTIES: Plastic-air (given, 400K): Sc = /DAB = 2.0; Table A-4, Air (400K, 1 atm): = 26.41 10 m /s. ANALYSIS: For fully-developed flow and thermal conditions with laminar flow and a uniform surface temperature,
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Nu D =

hD = 3.66 k

This situation is analogous to the evaporation of plastic vapor into the air stream with the inner surface remaining at a constant concentration of plastic vapor, CA,s, along the length of the tube. Invoking the heat-mass transfer analogy,
h D Sh D = m = 3.66. D AB Recognizing that Sc = /DAB, 26.4 106 m 2 / s 1 1 h m = 3.66 = 3.66 = 2.42 102 m/s. 3 m Sc D 2.0 2 10
COMMENTS: (1) The heat-mass transfer analogy requires that the vapor (A) have a negligible effect on the flow. Hence, the flow is that of air (B) and = B.

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(2) Only the mixture property DAB is required to characterize the plastic vapor for this evaporation process.