Transport

Phenomena CHEN 3001

Week2tutorialsolutions

1.

Schematicdiagram:
x
z

LIQUID

WALL

Assumingthattheflowislaminar,theflowthenonlygoesinthezdirection.
Boundaryconditions: Atx=h,dvz/dx=0(ortauxz=0);

vz

atx=0,vz=0.

x2
g
hx

Thevolumetricratecanbeassessedbyintegratingthevelocityoverthexandyaxes:

Wg 3
h
3

2.

Again,assuminglaminarflow,farfromexitsandentrances,wecansaythattheflowonly
goesinthezdirection.Therefore,vr=v=0.
Itisknownthatthevelocityintheannulusreachesamaximumataradiusr=rmax.So,we
canusethisasoneoftheboundaryconditions:
v z
r

0
r rmax

Anotherboundarycondition:atr=R1,vz=0

So, v z

1 p 2
r
2
r R12 rmax
ln
2 z
R1

Sinceweknowthatatr=R2,vz=0,wecanrearrangetheaboveequationtogetrmax:

R2 R1

2 ln R2 R1
2

rmax