REVIEW ARTICLE NUMBER 50 - THE MAXWELL-STEFAN APPROACH TO MASS-TRANSFER

Authors
KRISHNA R WESSELINGH JA
Citation
R. Krishna et Ja. Wesselingh, REVIEW ARTICLE NUMBER 50 - THE MAXWELL-STEFAN APPROACH TO MASS-TRANSFER, Chemical Engineering Science, 52(6), 1997, pp. 861-911
Citations number
247
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Chemical Engineering Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092509
Volume
52
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
861 - 911
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2509(1997)52:6<861:RAN5-T>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The limitations of the Fick's law for describing diffusion are discuss ed. It is argued that the Maxwell-Stefan formulation provides the most general, and convenient, approach for describing mass transport which takes proper account of thermodynamic non-idealities and influence of external force fields. Furthermore, the Maxwell-Stefan approach can b e extended to handle diffusion in macro- and microporous catalysts, ad sorbents and membranes. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.