MASS TRANSFER

Introduction to Mass transfer

Heat transfer problems encountered in practice involve mass transfer.
For eg, Heat loss from Human bodies

Mass transfer mechanisms and develop relations for the mass transfer rate.

Mass transfer and the bulk fluid motion(or fluid flow)

Mass transfer requires the presence of two regions at different chemical compositions,

Mass transfer refers to the movement of a chemical species from a high concentration
region toward a lower concentration.

The primary driving force for fluid flow is the pressure difference, whereas for
mass transfer it is the concentration difference
What is mass transfer
• Flow rate ∝ (Normal area)(Concentration
gradient