Fundamental Mass Transfer Concepts in Engineering Applications

Ismail Tosun

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781351374613
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Conservation & Protection
• Index: Biological Sciences

Fundamental Mass Transfer Concepts in Engineering Applications provides the basic principles of mass transfer to upper undergraduate and graduate students from different disciplines. This book outlines foundational material and equips students with sufficient mathematical skills to tackle various engineering problems with confidence. It covers mass transfer in both binary and multicomponent systems and integrates the use of Mathcad® for solving problems. This textbook is an ideal resource for a one-semester course.

Key Features

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• The concepts are explained with the utmost clarity in simple and elegant language

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• Presents theory followed by a variety of practical, fully-worked example problems

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• Includes a summary of the mathematics necessary for mass transfer calculations in an appendix

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• Provides ancillary Mathcad® subroutines

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• Includes end-of-chapter problems and a solutions manual for adopting instructors

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Author
• Notation
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Conservation of Chemical Species
• Chapter 3 Foundations of Diffusion in Multicomponent Mixtures
• Chapter 4 Mass Transfer in Binary Systems without Bulk Flow: Steady-State Examples
• Chapter 5 Mass Transfer in Binary Systems without Bulk Flow: Pseudosteady-State Examples
• Chapter 6 Mass Transfer in Binary Systems without Bulk Flow: Unsteady-State Examples
• Chapter 7 Mass Transfer in Binary Systems with Bulk Flow
• Chapter 8 Mass Transfer in Multicomponent Mixtures
• Chapter 9 Approximate Solution of the Species Continuity Equation
• Appendix A Vector and Tensor Algebra
• Appendix B Order of Magnitude (Scale) Analysis
• Appendix C Matrices
• Appendix D Ordinary Differential Equations
• Appendix E Partial Differential Equations
• Appendix F Critical Constants and Acentric Factors
• Appendix G Physical Properties of Water
• Appendix H Mathcad Subroutines
• Appendix I Suggested Books on Mass Transfer for Further Reading
• Appendix J Constants and Conversion Factors
• Index