Chemical engineers frequently have to deal with multicomponent mixtures; that is, systems containing three or more species. Conventional approaches to mass transfer in multicomponent mixtures are based on an assumption that the transfer flux of each component is proportional to its own driving force. Such approaches are valid for certain special cases.
Addresses the use of rigorous multicomponent mass transfer models for the simulation and design of process equipment. Deals with the basic equations of diffusion in multicomponent systems. Describes various models and estimations of rates of mass and energy transfer. Covers applications of multicomponent mass transfer models to process design. Includes appendices providing necessary mathematical background. Contains a large number of numerical examples worked out in detail.
The reader should not be intimidated by the great generality expressed by the vectorial character of these equations, because a simple one-dimensional approximation is almost always used in applications. (But it is hard to resist the lure of cheap generality when writing down equations.) —E. A. Mason and H. K. Lonsdale (1990)
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