화학공학소재연구정보센터
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.40, No.15, 3717-3727, 1997
Free Convective Mass-Transfer at Up-Pointing Pyramidal Electrodes
A limiting current technique was used for the measurement of the free convective mass transfer rate at entire upward pointing pyramids. The mass transfer rate at a single inclined pyramidal surface was correlated by the equation : Sh(L) = 0.828(Ra-L,Ra-theta)(0.25) for the Ra-L,Ra-theta range 1 x 10(7) to 2 x 10(11). It was found that the mass transfer rate for the combination of all inclined faces was lower than that for the single inclined surface. The down-pointing horizontal base surface has a strong influence on the total mass transfer rate for entire upward pointing pyramids. The experimental total mass transfer data were correlated using a method which includes an interference factor taking account of the fact that the three inclined triangular faces are exposed to fluid which has already been depleted in copper ions as it flows upward from the base. The dependence of the interference factor on the aspect ratio of the pyramid (L/b) was not so strong as for vertical cylinders or down-pointing pyramids.