ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
An analytical study was made of the temperature and composition distribution and heat transfer characteristics for a reacting fluid in a tube. The reaction was assumed to be first order and irreversible and the flow to be laminar.The results, which consisted of radial and axial profiles of temperature, composition, and Nusselt number could be expressed in terms of four parameters. The gradient of radial composition was usually sufficient to judge the effect of reaction on the heat transfer coefficient. Owing to residence time and temperature effects, the Nusselt number even for an exothermic reaction was usually greater than that for an inert system. For endothermic cases, the energy flux due to diffusion increases the total energy flow, and the Nusselt number may be several fold that in the corresponding nonreactive system.For certain values of the parameters the radial temperature and composition profiles showed maxima and minima between the wall and center of the tube. At these conditions the direction of the flow of energy due to diffusion could not explain the increase in Nusselt number.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690120204
