Curriculum Map

Course: Mass Transfer

Authors
Don W. Green, Editor-in-Chief, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas
Marylee Southard, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas

Course Topics

Fundamentals of Mass Transfer

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Introduction to Fundamentals Text Definitions,nomenclature,units. Fick's Law & Diffusivity. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Nomenclature and units Table Nomenclature, units table Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Ranges-diffusivity values Table Table 5-9, Rules of thumb- diffusivities Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook

Molecular Diffusion

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Molecular Diffusion   Application of Fick's Law; mass balance  
Continuity Equations and Flux Expressions Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Continuity equations Table Table 5-8; various coordinate systems Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Diffusivity Estimation for Gases Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations for gases Table Table 5-10, Includes mixtures of gases Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Multicomponent mixtures; low P Table Table 5-13; correlations Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Diffusivity Estimation for Liquids Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Diffusivity correlations (diluted) Table Table 5-14, dilute, binary nonelectrolytes Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Diffusivity correlations (concentrated) Table Table 5-15, concentrated, binary nonelectrolytes Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Diffusion of Fluids in Porous Solids Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Relations, diffusion in porous solids Table Table 5-16,relations for different mechanisms Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook

Interphase Mass Transfer

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Interphase Mass Transfer Text Fundamentals,extensive tables of correlations Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, flat plate for disk Table Table 5-17 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, falling films Table Table 5-18 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, pipes and ducts Table Table 5-19 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, submerged objects Table Table 5-20 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, drops, bubbles, bubble columns Table Table 5-21 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, agitated systems Table Table 5-22, bubbles in agitated systems Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, fixed and fluidized beds Table Table 5-23 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Correlations, packed, two-phase contactors Table Table 5-24, absorbers and other towers Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Mass-transfer coefficients in a tray column Example Section 13, Example 11 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Mass-transfer coefficients in a packed tower Example Section 13, Example 12 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Air stripping of VOC's from water Example Section 14, Example 3, use of correlation Sect 5 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Interfacial area for droplet/gas cocurrent flow Example Section 14, Example 14 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Interfacial area for droplets falling in vessel Example Section 14, Example 15 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Interfacial area for droplets rising in vessel Example Section 14, Example 16 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Mass-transfer coefficients vs gas velocity Figure Figure 14-78, HCl absorption, wetted-wall column Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Liquid-film resistance in absorption of gases Figure Figure 14-79, absorption in wetted-wall column Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Mass-transfer rates w/ turbulence promoters Figure Figure 14-77 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook