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Mass, heat, and momentum transfer in the flow of gases past single spheres
Author(s) -
Yen YinChao,
Thodos George
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690080111
Subject(s) - drag , drag coefficient , mechanics , momentum transfer , parasitic drag , reynolds number , heat transfer , spheres , turbulence , mass transfer , momentum (technical analysis) , thermodynamics , classical mechanics , drag equation , aerodynamic drag , chemistry , physics , drag divergence mach number , optics , finance , astronomy , scattering , economics
Abstract The transfer of mass, heat, and momentum past a single sphere, 2.02 in. in diameter, was experimentally investigated for the turbulent flow of air between N Re = 1,750 and N Re = 8,922. The data resulting for the vaporization of water from the spherical surface verify the existence of the analogy between mass and heat transfer. Measurements were made to account for the total drag and form drag of the sphere. The total drag was obtained by directly accounting for the force exerted, while the form drag was determined from static pressure measurements around the surface of the sphere. The resulting friction factors for total drag f and for form drag f p were found to be of the same order of magnitude, thus making it impossible to account for the friction factor due to shear drag at these Reynolds numbers. Consequently it is not possible to determine if the analogy between mass and heat transfer can be extended to include the transfer of momentum for flow past single spheres at these conditions, although the results of this study cast considerable doubt on such an extension of this analogy.