Condensation of a binary vapour mixture in the presence of an inert gas

doi:10.1016/0009-2509(77)80123-1

Chemical Engineering Science

Volume 32, Issue 7, 1977, Pages 741-745

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Abstract

The simultaneous heat and mass transfer process during condensation of a binary vapour mixture in the presence of a non-condensable gas is analysed using matrix formulations of the interfacial mass transfer rate relations. A film model for multicomponent mass transfer based on an exact solution to the Maxwell-Stefan equations is used to calculate the mass transfer coefficients in the ternary vapour phase. With the aid of a computational example involving condensation of methanol and water vapours in the presence of air, it is demonstrated that diffusional interactions can significantly affect condensation rates.

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Condensation of a binary vapour mixture in the presence of an inert gas

Abstract

Ver. Deutsch. Ing. Forschungsheft

Trans. Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs.

A.I.Ch.E. J.

A.I.Ch.E. J.

A.I.Ch.E. J.