Department of Petrochemical

College of Technical Engineering

Duhok Polytechnic University
Petrochemical lab.
3 Year Level
d

Name of student: Muhammad Akram.. Muhammad Star.. Nihad

sadiq..Rebaz Kamil..Ranko nawzad..Pashew Pirot

Group: A

Name of experiment: GAS DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT

No. of experiment: 2

Date: 12/11/2017
OBJECTIVES :
Determine the gas diffusion coefficient by using fuller et al rule.

KEYWORDS
Diffusivity, Gas Diffusion Coefficient.

INTRODUCTION:
The knowledge of physical and chemical properties of certain materials
is important because very often process engineering deal with the
transformation and distribution of these materials in bulk. One such
property is diffusivity. Mass transfer by diffusion takes place when there
is a concentration gradient of the diffusing component. Naturally, the
diffusion in gas phase is much faster than the diffusion in liquid phase
due to the small spaces between the molecules that hinder other
molecule movement. Other factors that will affect the diffusion are
temperature, density, concentration and other external factors.
PROCEDURE:
In this experiment we did a tutorial for the diffusivity coefficient of gas,
so that we took the rule and the calculation the examples.

Rule of fuller et al:

1 1
1.00∗10−7 T 1.75 ( + )
D AB= M A MB
P {¿ ¿ ¿

D AB: diffusivity of gas coefficient

T: temperature
P: pressure
V: volume
Discussion :
The diffusivity is increase temperature because it’s linear relation and
decrease with pressure because of proportional relation. When a
concentration gradient exists within a fluid consisting of two or more
components, there is a tendency for each constituent to flow in such a
direction as to reduce the concentration gradient. This is called mass
transfer. Mass transfer takes place in either a gas phase or a liquid phase
or in both simultaneously. When a liquid is allowed to evaporate in a
narrow vertical tube and a steady temperature is maintained, mass
transfer takes place from the surface by molecular diffusion alone. This
is the technique developed by Winkelmann to determine the diffusivity
of the vapor of a volatile liquid. By monitoring the evaporation rate,
which is the rate of fall of liquid surface, and with the knowledge of
concentration gradient, one may then calculate the diffusivity.