Heat and mass transfer in non‐newtonian fluid flow with power function velocity profiles

Abstract

Heat and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent non‐Newtonian fluids is investigated in this work using the power function velocity profiles. Analytical solutions are presented for cases of mass transfer in laminar non‐Newtonian fluid flows, namely for a flat velocity profile (plug flow), for the case of a constant velocity gradient at the solid boundary (Couette flow), and for the velocity distribution within a laminar boundary layer on a flat plate, and these are illustrated by rotating disks and cylinders in laminar Ostwald‐de Waele fluids. Further, turbulent mass transfer processes (tubular flow, rotating disk, and rotating cylinder) in non‐Newtonian fluids (Ostwald‐de Waele fluid and drag‐reducing fluid) at low and large Schmidt numbers are also discussed using the solutions of mass transfer in flows with power function velocity profiles. Reasonable agreement is found between the predictions of this work and the available experimental data and correlations.

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