WALL TO FLUID MASS TRANSFER IN TURBINE AGITATED VESSELS.

Abstract

Heat and mass transfer operations in agitated vessels have so far been treated mainly in an empirical manner. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to propose equations for predicting wall to fluid mass transfer in turbine agitated vessels by considering boundary layer flow.The model proposed is based on the established radial flow pattern for flat-bladed disc turbine.Experiments carried out show that the model predicts the concentration variation with time reasonably well.