Multicomponent Mass Transfer

Laboratory manager Esa Muurinen
University teacher Kaisu Ainassaari

Contents: Maxwell-Stefan equations. Fick’s law. Estimation of diffusion coefficients. Multicomponent systems. Mass transfer coefficients. Film theory. Mass transfer models for dynamic systems. Mass transfer in turbulent flows. Simultaneous mass and heat transfer. Vapour-liquid equilibrium and experimental determination. Mass transfer models in multicomponent distillation. Condensation of vapour mixtures. Course lectured in Finnish.

Literature: Henley, E.J. & Seader, J.D., Equilibrium-stage separation operations in chemical engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 1982, 742 s. Taylor, R. & Krishna, R., Multicomponent mass transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 1993, 579 s.