516 INDEX
Approximation: (continued)
penetration theory for heat transfer, 153
penetration theory for mass transfer,
259, 336
penetration theory for mass transfer with
chemical reaction, 369, 400
physical absorption, 379
plug flow reactor, 266
quasi-parallel flow, 45, 94, 126, 128,
143
quasi-stationary-hypothesis, 380, 402
quasi-steady-state fluid flow, 38, 45, 72,
115, 117, 122, 142
quasi-steady-state heat transfer, 173,
242, 243, 244
quasi-steady-state mass transfer, 273,
297, 303, 308, 316, 321, 340, 342,
344, 346, 347
reaction boundary layer, 261, 328, 339,
340
slow reaction regime, 371
small Damk
¨
ohler number, 266
small Reynolds number, see
Approximation, creeping flow
small solutal Biot number, 297
small solutal Peclet number, 261, 340
small thermal Biot number, 159, 196,
231, 232, 233
small thermal Peclet number, 163, 202
small Thiele modulus, 328
solutal boundary layer, 259, 269, 277,
281, 308, 312, 325, 337, 338, 344,
345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 351, 354
steady-state fluid flow, 92, 116
steady-state heat transfer, 153
steady-state mass transfer, 253, 364
Stoke’s flow, see Approximation,
creeping flow
surface domain of instantaneous reaction
regime, 405
Taylor dispersion, 303
thermal boundary layer, 153, 167, 173,
206, 218, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240,
241, 247
uniformly accessible surface for mass
transfer, 79, 312
Auxiliary condition:
free surface flows, 47, 68, 96, 102, 103,
moving boundary in heat transfer, 174,
213, 242, 243, 246, 442
moving boundary in mass transfer, 275,
295, 299, 309, 323, 337, 342, 344,
345, 346, 347, 348, 351, 442
moving front for instantaneous reaction,
374
Axial dispersion time scale, see Time
scale, axial dispersion
Big oh of one, 2, 19, 145, 252
Biot number, see Dimensionless
groups, Biot number for heat transfer,
Biot number for mass transfer
Boundary condition:
free surface, 46, 95, 127, 128, 129
instantaneous reaction front, 373
moving boundary in heat transfer, 173,
211, 242, 243, 244
moving boundary in mass transfer, 275,
295, 299, 309, 337, 342, 344, 345,
346, 347, 348, 351
moving front for instantaneous reaction,
374
normal stress, 46, 96, 127, 128, 129
tangential stress, 46, 95, 127, 128, 129
Boundary layer, see Boundary-layer flow
Boundary-layer flow, 32, 79, 84, 119,
120, 121. See also Region of
influence
Brinkman term, see Porous media
Buckingham Pi theorem, see Pi theorem
Change of order one, see Big “oh” of one;
Little “oh” of one
Channel, gravity-driven flow with
sidewalls, 43
Chemical reaction:
heterogeneous, 266, 325, 340, 346, 347,
358
homogeneous, 261, 308, 328, 339, 340,
342, 343, 344, 349, 351, 364, 371,
372, 373, 380, 381, 390, 394, 401,
403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409,
411
See also Mass transfer with chemical
reaction