Mass Transfer

University teacher Kaisu Ainassaari
University teacher Eero Tuomaala

Contents: Diffusion. The laws of diffusion by Fick and Maxwell-Stefan. Mass transfer in simple systems. Differential mass balances. Models of mass transfer in turbulent systems. Interphase mass transfer. Absorption. Drying of solids. Course lectured in Finnish.

Literature: Bird, R,B., Stewart, W.E. & Lightfoot, E.E., Transport phenomena, John Wiley & Sons, 1976, 780 s. King, C.J., Separation processes, McGraw-Hill, 1980, 850 s. Wesselingh, J.A. & Krishna, R. Mass Transfer, Ellis Horwood 1990, 243 s.