Diffusion and mass transfer

A proper understanding of diffusion and mass transfer theory is critical for obtaining correct solutions to many transport problems. Diffusion and Mass Transfer presents a comprehensive summary of the theoretical aspects of diffusion and mass transfer and applies that theory to obtain detailed solut...

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Main Authors: Vrentas, James S., Vrentas, Christine Mary Jarzebski (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] CRC Press 2016
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Problems; Dropping Mercury Electrode; Sorption in Thin Films; Numerical Analysis of Mass Transfer Moving Boundary Problems; ; Diffusion and Reaction; Design of a Tubular Polymerization Reactor; Transport Effects in Low-Pressure CVD Reactors; Solution of Reaction Problems with First-Order Reactions; Plug Flow Reactors with Variable Mass Density; Bubble Dissolution and Chemical Reaction; Danckwerts Boundary Conditions for Chemical Reactors; ; Transport in Nonporous Membranes; Assumptions Used in the Theory for Membrane Transport; Steady Mass Transport in Binary Membranes; Steady Mass Transport in Ternary Membranes; Unsteady Mass Transport in Binary Membranes; Phase Inversion Process for Forming Asymmetric Membranes; Pressure Effects in Membranes; ; Analysis of Sorption and Desorption; Derivation of a Short-Time Solution Form for Sorption in Thin Films; Sorption to a Film from a Pure Fluid
  • Introduction; Generalized Transport Phenomena Approach to Problem Analysis; General Content; ; Conservation Laws and Field Equations ; Concentrations, Velocities
  • Of Finite Volume; A General Analysis of Sorption in Thin Films; Analysis of Step-Change Sorption Experiments; Integral Sorption in Glassy Polymers; Integral Sorption in Rubbery Polymers; Oscillatory Diffusion and Diffusion Waves; ; Dispersion and Chromatography; Formulation of Taylor Dispersion Problem; Dispersion in Laminar Tube Flow for Low Peclet Numbers; Dispersion in Laminar Tube Flow for Long Times; Dispersion in Laminar Tube Flow for Short Times; Analysis of an Inverse Gas Chromatography Experiment; ; Effects of Pressure Gradients on Diffusion: Wave Behavior and Sedimentation; Wave Propagation in Binary Fluid Mixtures; Hyperbolic Waves; Dispersive Waves; Time Effects for Parabolic and Hyperbolic Equations; Sedimentation Equilibrium; ; Viscoelastic Diffusion; Experimental Results for Sorption Experiments; Viscoelastic Effects in Step-Change Sorption Experiments; Slow Bubble
  • And Fluxes; Thermodynamics of Purely Viscous Fluid Mixtures; Conservation of Mass for a One-Component System; Conservation of Mass for a Mixture; Modification of Field Equations for Mass Transfer; Conservation of Linear Momentum for One-Component Systems; Conservation of Linear Momentum for a Mixture; Conservation of Moment of Momentum for One-Component Systems; Conservation of Moment of Momentum for a Mixture; Strategies for the Solution of Mass Transfer Problems; ; Boundary Conditions ; Definitions; Jump Balances for Mass Conservation; Jump Balances for Linear Momentum Conservation; Postulated Boundary Conditions at Phase Interfaces; Boundary Conditions in the Absence of Mass Transfer; Utilization of Jump Balances; Additional Comments on Boundary Conditions; Boundary Conditions and Uniqueness of Solutions; ; Constitutive Equations; Constitutive Principles; First-Order Theory for Binary Systems; Combined