Single boundary layer

The calculations showed that there is no single boundary layer velocity profile in the DMR region instead, the profiles depend on i because of gradients in the mean flow. They vary systematically from the clean n = 1/7 power function near the foot of the Mach stem to the DG dusty boundary... 

Studying the steady motion of a single medium-size bubble rising in a liquid medium under the influence of gravity, Levich (L3, L4) solved the continuity equation simultaneously with the equations of motion by introducing the concept of a boundary layer for the case of a bubble. This boundary layer accounts for the zero, or extremely low, shear stress at the interface. Despite some errors in deriving the equations, his result was later confirmed with minor improvements (A4, M3, M10). 

Surface Polarization in TFF The simplified model of polarization shown in Fig. 20-47 is used as a basis for analyzing more complex systems. Consider a single component with no reaction in a thin, two-dimensional boundary layer near the membrane surface. Axial diffusion is negligible along the membrane surface compared to convection. 

Further, the two half-cells in either of these groups may be joined together by a single electrolyte or by different electrolytes, resulting in a liquid junction within the boundary layer sometimes there may be direct contact between these electrolytes but mostly they are separated by a membrane or a bridge containing a third electrolyte. 

Figure 1 shows the geometry. Strictly speaking, equation 2 applies only to single cylinders in slow cross flow, for point particles with negligible deposition and with the thickness of boundary layer much less than the radius of the cylinder. 

Dispersion in packed tubes with wall effects was part of the CFD study by Magnico (2003), for N — 5.96 and N — 7.8, so the author was able to focus on mass transfer mechanisms near the tube wall. After establishing a steady-state flow, a Lagrangian approach was used in which particles were followed along the trajectories, with molecular diffusion suppressed, to single out the connection between flow and radial mass transport. The results showed the ratio of longitudinal to transverse dispersion coefficients to be smaller than in the literature, which may have been connected to the wall effects. The flow structure near the wall was probed by the tracer technique, and it was observed that there was a boundary layer near the wall of width about Jp/4 (at Ret — 7) in which there was no radial velocity component, so that mass transfer across the layer... 

The partitioning of ions is not so simple, since each solution must be electrically neutral (with the exception of a thin boundary layer at the interface). As an example we consider the case where a single salt is partitioned between the two phases for simplicity we assume that the cation and the anion have the same charge number . We denote the cation by the index +, and the anion by -. Applying the equilibrium condition Eq. (12.1) to both ions gives for the difference in inner potentials ... 

Trichomes Single-celled or multicellular outgrowths of epidermal cells Produce volative oils for glandular trichomes reflect bright light in some desert plants increase boundary layer mechanically discourage predators salt secretion in some halophytes digestions in sundews... 

There have been many studies of the effect of boundary films on mass and heat transfer to single pellets and in packed beds, including the work of Ranz and Marshall 27 and Dwivedi and Upadhey(28). Other theories of mass and heat transfer are discussed in Volume 1, Chapter 10, although only the steady-state film-theory is considered here. It is assumed that the difference in concentration and temperature between the bulk fluid and the external surface of a pellet is confined to a narrow laminar boundary-layer in which the possibility of accumulation of adsorbate or of heat is neglected. 

After passing through the boundary layer, the molecules of adsorbate diffuse into the complex structure of the adsorbent pellet, which is composed of an intricate network of fine capillaries or interstitial vacancies in a solid lattice. The problem of diffusion through a porous solid has attracted a great deal of interest over the years and there is a fairly good understanding of the mechanisms involved, at least for gas phase diffusion. Here, diffusion within a single cylindrical pore is considered and, then, the pore is related to the pellet as a whole. 

In the simplest situation, the CO produced at the particle surface diffuses away from the surface without further reactions. This assumption, known as the single-film or frozen boundary layer model, results in the species profiles shown in Fig. 9.17. 

FIGURE 9.17 Schematic of the single-film model of carbon particle combustion, whereby oxygen and carbon monoxide counterdiffuse through an unreactive boundary layer. 

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Other Flow Disturbances Other examples of deviations from fully developed, single-phase newtonian flow include nonnewtonian flow, pulsating flow, cavitation, multiphase flow, boundary layer flows, and nonisothermal flows. See Sec. 6. 

The velocity field is caused in free convection by the temperature field. Therefore, the thickness 8 of the thermal boundary layer can be used as the single length scale that characterizes both the temperature and velocity fields. Denoting the velocity scale in the x direction by u0, the continuity equation [Eq. (39)] shows that the velocity scale v0 in the y direction is of the order of u08/x. 

In addition to kinetic interpretations such as those mentioned in the previous sections, three different types of explanation have been proposed. Scott and Watts (1981) have suggested a vital involvement of boundary layer films, allowing for considerable depletion of the bulk gas-phase concentrations of the reactants close to the catalyst. In the work on single crystals, Ertl... 

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