Introduction to Computational Mass Transfer: With Applications to Chemical Engineering

by Kuo-Tsung Yu, Xigang Yuan

Overview

This book presents a new computational methodology called Computational Mass Transfer (CMT). It offers an approach to rigorously simulating the mass, heat and momentum transfer under turbulent flow conditions with the help of two newly published models, namely theC’2—εC’ model and the Reynolds mass flux model, especially with regard to predictions of concentration, temperature and velocity distributions in chemical and related processes. The book will also allow readers to understand the interfacial phenomena accompanying the mass transfer process and methods for modeling the interfacial effect, such as the influences of Marangoni convection and Rayleigh convection. The CMT methodology is demonstrated by means of its applications to typical separation and chemical reaction processes and equipment, including distillation, absorption, adsorption and chemical reactors.
Professor Kuo-Tsong Yu is a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Xigang Yuan is a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642539107
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/31/2014
Series:	Heat and Mass Transfer Series
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	337
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Related field (I) — Fundamentals of computational fluid-dynamics.- Related field (II) — Fundamentals of computational heat transfer.- Basic models of computational mass transfer.- Application of computational mass Transfer (I) — Distillation Process.- Application of computational mass transfer (II) — Chemical absorption Process.- Application of computational mass transfer (III) — Adsorption Process.- Application of Computational Mass Transfer (IV) — Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor.- Simulation of interfacial effect of mass transfer.- Simulation of interfacial behaviors by the lattice-Boltzmann method.