Important Dimensionless Number in chemical engineering

1. Sherwood Number (Sh) =kcL/DAB equivalent to Nussett Number (Nu) in Heat transfer
Nu= hd/k = conductive resistance of fluid / convective resistance
In Unsteady heat transfer Biot number is used.
Bi= hd/k = conductive resistance of solid / convective resistance
2. Schmidt Number (Sc) = /DAB = ratio of momentum diffusivity and mass diffusivity
Similarly in H.T.
Pr = CP /k = ratio of momentum diffusivity and thermal diffusivity
3. Peclet Number = Re.Pr in heat transfer
= Re.Sc in mass transfer
It is related to degree of mixing and is inversely proportional to dispersion number
4. Lewis Number = Sc/Pr
It is important where both heat and mass transfer take place together like humidification
5. In natural convection
Grashoff number= gL3 2 / 2
Raleigh number Ra = Gr.Pr
6. Stanton number
St (M.T.) = Sh/(Sc.Re)
St (H.T.) = Nu/(Pr.Re)
7. Unsteady state heat transfer
Fourier number = t/L2
Bi=hd/k
8. Graetz Number = Re.Pr.(d/L)
9. In agitation there are
Power number = P/N3D5
Froude number = N2D/g
Re=ND2/
10. In centrifugal pumps
Power constant
Capacity constant
Head constant