An exploratory study of two-phase physics was undertaken in a slow moving tank containing liquid. This study is under the regime of conjugate heat and mass transfer phenomena. An experiment was designed and performed to estimate the interfacial mass transfer characteristics of a slowly moving tank. The tank was swayed at varying frequencies and constant amplitude. The experiments were conducted for a range of liquid temperatures and filling levels. The experimental setup consisted of a tank partially filled with water at different temperatures, being swayed using a six degrees-of-freedom (DOF) motion actuator. The experiments were conducted for a frequency range of 0.7–1.6 Hz with constant amplitude of 0.025 m. The evaporation of liquid from the interface and the gaseous condensation was quantified by calculating the instantaneous interfacial mass transfer rate of the slow moving tank. The dependence of interfacial mass transfer rate on the liquid–vapor interfacial temperature, the fractional concentration of the evaporating liquid, the surface area of the liquid vapor interface and the filling level of the liquid was established. As sway frequency, filling levels, and liquid temperature increased, the interfacial mass transfer rate also increased. The interfacial mass transfer rate estimated for the swaying tank compared with the interfacial mass transfer rate of stationary tank shows that vibration increases the mass transfer.
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Journal of Heat Transfer
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Effect of Mild Sway on the Interfacial Mass Transfer Rate of Stored Liquids
Dibakar Rakshit,
Dibakar Rakshit
School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
e-mail: dibakar@iitd.ac.in
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
e-mail: dibakar@iitd.ac.in
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K. P. Thiagarajan,
K. P. Thiagarajan
School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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R. Narayanaswamy
R. Narayanaswamy
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Curtin University,
Bentley, Western Australia 6845, Australia
Curtin University,
Bentley, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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Dibakar Rakshit
School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
e-mail: dibakar@iitd.ac.in
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
e-mail: dibakar@iitd.ac.in
K. P. Thiagarajan
School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
R. Narayanaswamy
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Curtin University,
Bentley, Western Australia 6845, Australia
Curtin University,
Bentley, Western Australia 6845, Australia
1Corresponding author.
2Present address: Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India.
3Present address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469.
Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER. Manuscript received February 26, 2014; final manuscript received May 27, 2015; published online July 14, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Wei Tong.
J. Heat Transfer. Nov 2015, 137(11): 112001 (10 pages)
Published Online: July 14, 2015
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February 26, 2014
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May 27, 2015
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Rakshit, D., Thiagarajan, K. P., and Narayanaswamy, R. (July 14, 2015). "Effect of Mild Sway on the Interfacial Mass Transfer Rate of Stored Liquids." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. November 2015; 137(11): 112001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030835
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