Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems

In Chapters 2 and 7, we demonstrated the development of differential equations pertinent to momentum and energy transport in simple fluid systems. In this chapter, we consider how to formulate and describe elementary diffusion and mass transfer problems in fluid systems. We use practically the same procedure in this situation as we did previously; we develop a differential equation, and a solution containing arbitrary constants evolves. These constants are evaluated by applying boundary conditions that specify the concentration or the mass flux at the bounding surfaces. Again, we demonstrate the principles involved by considering specific examples, but first let us reconsider the general situation.

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Poirier, D.R., Geiger, G.H. (2016). Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems. In: Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48090-9_14

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