Momentum heat and mass transfer

Microscopic Balance Equations Partial differential balance equations express the conservation principles at a point in space. Equations for mass, momentum, totaf energy, and mechanical energy may be found in Whitaker (ibid.). Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot (Transport Phenomena, Wiley, New York, 1960), and Slattery (Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer in Continua, 2d ed., Krieger, Huntington, N.Y., 1981), for example. These references also present the equations in other useful coordinate systems besides the cartesian system. The coordinate systems are fixed in inertial reference frames. The two most used equations, for mass and momentum, are presented here. 

Wclty, J. R., Wick.s, C. E., and Wilson, R. E. (1969). Vundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer. John Wiley Sons, New York. 

The term Csm/Cr (the ratio of the logarithmic mean concentration of the insoluble component to the total concentration) is introduced because hD(CBm/Cr) is less dependent than hD on the concentrations of the components. This reflects the fact that the analogy between momentum, heat and mass transfer relates only to that part of the mass transfer which is not associated with the bulk flow mechanism this is a fraction Cum/Cr of the total mass transfer. For equimolecular counterdiffusion, as in binary distillation when the molar latent heats of the components are equal, the term Cem/Cj- is omitted as there is no bulk flow contributing to the mass transfer. 

Bennett. C.O. and MYERS, J.E. Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer, 3rd edn (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1983). 

In the previous chapters, the stresses arising from relative motion within a fluid, the transfer of heat by conduction and convection, and the mechanism of mass transfer are all discussed. These three major processes of momentum, heat, and mass transfer have, however, been regarded as independent problems. 

In the previous section, the molecular basis for the processes of momentum transfer, heat transfer and mass transfer has been discussed. It has been shown that, in a fluid in which there is a momentum gradient, a temperature gradient or a concentration gradient, the consequential momentum, heat and mass transfer processes arise as a result of the random motion of the molecules. For an ideal gas, the kinetic theory of gases is applicable and the physical properties p,/p, k/Cpp and D, which determine the transfer rates, are all seen to be proportional to the product of a molecular velocity and the mean free path of the molecules. 

Simple form of analogy between momentum, heat and mass transfer... 

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