Mass transfer regimes in a laminar boundary layer with suction - parallel flow and high Peclet number

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2004

Authors

João M. Miranda (Author) FEUP; João Bernardo L. M. de Campos (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Vol. 47

Pages: 775-785

ISSN: 0017-9310

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Chemical engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Chemical engineering

Other information

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2003.06.007

Abstract (EN): Mass transport in a boundary layer with suction was studied for a parallel flow, laminar regime and high Peclet number. Mass transport mechanisms involved were analyzed and the respective mass transport fluxes were quantified by numerical methods. According to the magnitude of the convective fluxes, mass transport regimes were established. A simple, but accurate equation was deduced to identify the dominant convective flux and the transport regime. This identification only requires measurable variables combined in dimensionless groups. The accuracy of the equation was proved through the numerical solution of the governing flow and mass transport equations. The concentration field inside the mass boundary layer and the concentration polarization level at the permeable surface are intrinsically related with the dominant convective flux. A simple equation was deduced relating the concentration polarization level at the permeable surface and the parameter , which characterizes the transport regime.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11