Objectives

After completing Chapter 11 of the text and associated CD ROM material the reader will be able to:
  • Discuss Fick's Law and diffusion.
  • Define the mass transfer coefficient, explain what it is function of and how it is measured or calculated.
  • Analyze PBRs in which mass transfer limits the rate of reaction.
  • Discuss how one goes form a region mass transfer limitation to reaction limitation.
  • Apply the shrinking core model to analyze catalyst regeneration.

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