Transport

Phenomena CHEN 3001

Week2tutorial

TOPIC:Understandingtheconceptsofequationsofcontinuityandmomentum,andtheBernoulli
equation

1. Inaverticalwettedwalltower,thefluidflowsdowntheinsideasathinfilmhmthickin
laminarflowintheverticalzdirection.UsetheNavierStokesequationtodeterminethe
velocityprofilevzasafunctionofx,thedistancefromtheliquidsurfacefromthewall.The
fluidisatalargedistancefromtheentrance,anditisNewtonianandincompressible.
DeterminethevolumetricrateofthefluidflowifthewidthofthewalltowerisW.

2. Wewouldliketodeterminethevelocityprofileofafluidflowinginsidetheannulusbetween
twoconcentrichorizontalpipesinaheatexchanger.Lettheradiusoftheinnercylinderbe
R1,andtheoutercylinderR2.Atthisstage,weassumethatthechangeintemperatureisnot
sufficientlylargetoaffecttheflowpropertiesofthefluid,i.e.itsdensityandviscosityare
roughlyconstantthroughoutthesystem.Atthisstage,weknowthatthevelocityinthe
annulusreachesamaximumataradiusr=rmax.Determinermaxintermsofthedensityand
viscosityofthefluid,aswellastheparametersofR1andR2.

Hint:Mostofthetermsintheequationofmotioncanceloutforthisparticularproblem.See
mylecturenotes.

M.Gumulya

TransportPhenomena

CHEN3001

EquationofContinuity
Cartesiancoordinates(x,y,z):

vx v y vz 0
t x
y
z
Cylindricalcoordinates(r,,z):

1
rvr 1 v vz 0

t r r
r
z

EquationofMotion(constantand)
Cartesiancoordinates(x,y,z):

2v 2v 2v
v x
v
v
v
p
v x x v y x v z x 2x 2x 2x g x
x
y
z
x
y
z
t
x

2v y 2v y 2v y
v y
v y
v y
v y
p
2

2 g y
vz
vy
vx
z
y 2
y
z
y
x
t
x

2v
v z
2v
2v
v
v
v
p
2z 2z 2z g z
v x z v y z v z z
z
y
z
z
x
y
t
x

Cylindricalcoordinates(r,,z):
2
2
vr
1

v v
v
v v 2
p
rvr 12 v2r v2r 22 v g r
vr r r v z r

r
z
r
z
r
r
r d
r
r r r
t

2
2
1

v
v v
v v v
1 p
v
rv 12 v2 v2 22 vr g

vr v z r
r
r
r
z
r d
r
z
r
t
r r r

1 v z 1 2 v z 2 v z
v v v
v
p
v z
2 g z
vr z z v z z
r
2
2
r
z
z
z
r
t
r r dr r

M.Gumulya

TransportPhenomena

CHEN3001