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FICK’S LAW OF DIFFUSION
Adolf Fick (1955) first described the molecular diffusion in an isothermal, isobaric binary system of components A and B[1-3]. According…
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Measurement and control of solids flowrate
The flowrate of solids can be measured either as they leave the hopper or as they are conveyed. In the…
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What Is Mass Transfer?
Mass transfer describes the transport of mass from one point to another and is one of the main pillars in…
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Flow of solids through orifices
The discharge rate of solid particles is usually controlled by the size of the orifice or the aperture at the…
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Flow of solids in hoppers
Solids may be stored in heaps or in sacks although subsequent handling problems may be serious with large-scale operations. Frequently,…
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Combined Convection and Radiation
Since these two modes of heat transfer are completely independent, there would be no mutual effect between them. Thus net…
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Analogy between Heat Transfer and Electric Circuits
There exists an analogy between the diffusion of heat and electrical charge. Just as an electrical resistance is associated with…
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Radiation Heat Transfer (Heat transfer by thermal radiation)
All bodies radiate energy in the form of photons moving in a random direction, with random phase and frequency. When…
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PARTICULATE SOLIDS IN BULK
General characteristics The properties of solids in bulk are a function of the properties of the individual particles including their…
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Heat Exchangers
from one fluid to another. The basic component of a heat exchanger can be viewed as a tube with one…
