Effects of Turbulence on Mass Transfer of Cylindrical Disks

Abstract

-Mass transfer from solid cylindrical disks of Camphor has been studied in a wind tunnel, in a synthetic jet turbulence chamber with zero mean speed and in an axisymmetric turbulent jet. Mass decay rates were measured by monitoring the shape of the models . Average Sherwood numbers were computed and their dependence on turbulent intensity was examined. It was found that turbulent intensity increased the rate of mass transfer.