Boundary layer references

The region of the atmosphere that is in direct contact with the surface (on a timescale of 1 h or less) is commonly referred to as the boundary layer or mixed layer. Technically, the boundary layer refers to the region of the atmosphere that is dynamically influenced by the surface (through friction or convection driven by surface heating). Less formally, the boundary layer is used to represent the layer of high pollutant concentrations in source regions. The top of the boundary layer in urban areas is characterized by a sudden decrease in pollutant concentrations and usually by changes in other atmospheric features (water vapor content, thermal structure, and wind speeds). 

Thus, in this case the boundary layer correction in the boundary layer refers to the function coimecting the points to the left and the right of the break. 

In considering the effect of mass transfer on the boiling of a multicomponent mixture, both the boiling mechanism and the driving force for transport must be examined (17—20). Moreover, the process is strongly influenced by the effects of convective flow on the boundary layer. In Reference 20 both effects have been taken into consideration to obtain a general correlation based on mechanistic reasoning that fits all available data within 15%. 

Now let us refer to the right-hand side of the above expression. The mean driving force varies with the specified design temperatures and also the ratio of water/air loading (L/G). If we take a low airflow, the air soon rises in temperature and tends to reach equilibrium conditions with the boundary layer. Thus the driving force is reduced. On the other hand, excess air is unnecessary. Therefore, one must adjust the airflow that supply just meets demand. A plot of L/G versus AT MDF is shown in Figure 34.17. This is known as a demand curve. 

Equation 11.12 does not fit velocity profiles measured in a turbulent boundary layer and an alternative approach must be used. In the simplified treatment of the flow conditions within the turbulent boundary layer the existence of the buffer layer, shown in Figure 11.1, is neglected and it is assumed that the boundary layer consists of a laminar sub-layer, in which momentum transfer is by molecular motion alone, outside which there is a turbulent region in which transfer is effected entirely by eddy motion (Figure 11.7). The approach is based on the assumption that the shear stress at a plane surface can be calculated from the simple power law developed by Blasius, already referred to in Chapter 3. 

As in boundary-layer flows, smaller reference floe diameters are found with gas sparging than with the same average power input in a baffled stirred tank 127] or [44,45]. This can be explained if it is assumed that the floes come into close contact with the gas phase and find their way into the zones of higher stress. 

Cherry and Papoutsakis [33] refer to the exposure to the collision between microcarriers and influence of turbulent eddies. Three different flow regions were defined bulk turbulent flow, bulk laminar flow and boundary-layer flow. They postulate the primary mechanism coming from direct interactions between microcarriers and turbulent eddies. Microcarriers are small beads of several hundred micrometers diameter. Eddies of the size of the microcarrier or smaller may cause high shear stresses on the cells. The size of the smallest eddies can be estimated by the Kolmogorov length scale L, as given by... 

For a very thin liquid film, the value of 3 cannot be evaluated, and it should be replaced by a new parameter 3, using the generalized turbulent boundary-layer profile in an adiabatic flow as in Reference (Levy and Healzer, 1980). GF can be solved stepwise along the pipe until the G value goes to zero, where dryout occurs. This analysis was performed to compare the calculated g"rit with Wurtz data (Wurtz, 1978) and also to compare with the predictions by the well-known Biasi et al. correlation (1968), as shown in Figure 5.90. For the limited data points compared, the agreement was good. 

Fig. 4. Migration contribution to the limiting current in acidified CuS04 solutions, expressed as the ratio of limiting current (iL) to limiting diffusion current (i ) r = h,so4/(( h,so, + cCuS(>4). "Sulfate refers to complete dissociation of HS04 ions. "bisulfate" to undissociated HS04 ions. Forced convection" refers to steady-state laminar boundary layers, as at a rotating disk or flat plate free convection refers to laminar free convection at a vertical electrode penetration to unsteady-state diffusion in a stagnant solution. [F rom Selman (S8).]...

Unsuitable position of the reference electrode resulting in inclusion of a high ohmic potential drop between reference and working electrode. Moreover, when extended surfaces are used over which the mass transfer boundary layer thickness depends on position, a suitable number of independent reference electrodes should be used to measure local overpotentials on electrically isolated segments of the working electrode. 

Outlines of some of the particles are shown for reference. The boundary layer next to the wall is clearly visible (lightest shade), while the progression of the temperature field through the solid particles can also be seen. The temperature field is observed to be 3D, with features that do not depend on the radial coordinate alone. 

Situation 4 very fast reaction, Ha> 3 and Eboundary layer. The hydrogen concentration in the bulk of the liquid falls to zero. Thus, all the catalyst in the bulk is useless. For instantaneous reactions, Ha 3, E=EX and the reaction takes place in a narrow plane located somewhere in the boundary layer the larger Ea0 the closer to the interface the reaction plane. If the limiting enhancement factor E is very high, it is said that the reaction takes place at the gas-liquid interface. Such a case is referred to as surface reaction . 

Depending on the context, we sometimes prefer the term interphase over interface because the latter refers to an infinitely sharp dividing plane between two phases. Organisms generally form boundary layers, e.g. the cell wall, that are characterised by a gradual transition from the biological phase to the medium phase, and if we discuss the volume properties of such layers the term interphase is more appropriate. 

In terms of hydrodynamics, the boundary layer thickness is measured from the solid surface (in the direction perpendicular to a particle s surface, for instance) to an arbitrarily chosen point, e.g., where the velocity is 90-99% of the stream velocity or the bulk flow ((590 or (599, respectively). Thus, the breadth of the boundary layer depends ad definitionem on the selection of the reference point and includes the laminar boundary layer as well as possibly a portion of a turbulent boundary layer. 

This refers to the depletion of the tin species at a given point in the matrix as a function of time. The diffusion across the boundary layer is given by Fick s first law for stationary state flow ... 

This refers to the permeation of the tin species through the boundary layer as a function of the concentration gradient. Steady state flow through normal unit area is in the opposite direction to the concentration gradient and is proportional to the absolute value of that gradient. (Dj and D2, the effective diffusivities, are expressed in cm2/sec ci and C2, the concentrations, in g/cm3 x, the distance, in cm and t, the time, in s.) An equilibrium is usually assumed at the interface ... 

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The resulting values are shown in Table 4. As expected, the diffusion coefficients of prenal and citral are smaller in water than in n-hexane. Since the mass transport coefficients in each boundary layer directly correlate with the diffusion coefficient (Eq. 3), this result confirms the assumption that the overall mass transport resistance can be predominantly referred to the aqueous catalyst phase ... 

The slope of the lines presented in Figure 5 is defined as k(q/v). The q/v term defines the turnover of the tank contents or what is commonly referred to as the retention time. When q is increased, the liquid contacts the carbon more often and the removal of pesticides should increase, however, the efficiency term, k, can be a function of q. As the waste flow rate is increased, the fluid velocity around each carbon particle increases, thereby increasing system turbulence and compressing the liquid boundary layer. The residence time within the carbon bed is also decreased at higher liquid flow rates, which will reduce the time available for the pesticides to diffuse from the bulk liquid into the liquid boundary layer and into the carbon pores. From inspection of Table II, the pesticide concentration also effects the efficiency factor, k can only be determined experimentally and is valid only for the equipment and conditions tested. 

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