Transport Phenomena:

Mass Transfer
(CAB 3033)
Instructor : Dr. Nurul Hasan
Date : 06/03/09
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
 What we learn today?
•Fick’s Law of Binary Diffusion
•Non-dimensional number for diffusion
•T and P dependence: Diffusion
•Diffusion Theory: at low density
•Diffusion Theory: binary liquid
•Shell Balance: Mass Transfer
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Fick’s law of diffusion for binary mixtures

The basic equation for Fick’s law for an isobaric and

isothermal is :

dw A
J A   D AB
dy
Which is diffusive molar flux along the y-dir.
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Fick’s law of diffusion for binary mixtures

The basic equation for Fick’s law for an isobaric and

isothermal is :

J A   D AB w A
Which is diffusive molar flux along the all three direction
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Fick’s law of diffusion for binary mixtures

The basic equation for Fick’s law for an isobaric and

isothermal is :

J B   DBA wB
Which is diffusive molar flux along the all three direction
 Non-dimensional Number

•Prandle number  Cˆ p 
Pr  
 k

 
•Schimdt number Sc  
D AB D AB

 k
•Lewis number Le  
D AB Cˆ p D AB
 T & P Dependence: Diffusion

•Liquid: increases with T

•Gas: Increases with T,
•Gas: decreases with P
•Liquid: P does not have any effect
 Diffusivity: Theory
•Example 17.3-1: At low density
•Example 17.4-1: Binary liquid
•Section 17.5: colloidal suspensions
 Shell Balance: M Transfer

 Rate of   Rate of   rate of mass 

       
 mass in   mass out   production 
  Accumalation 
 Shell Balance: M Transfer

•Take a shell (volume)

•Divide by some parameters
•Take Limit PDE
•Fick’s Law
•Integrate and apply Boundary conditions
•Concentration of species