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    ANALOGY

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    The document discusses analogies between heat, mass, and momentum transfer. It states that the boundary layer equations for momentum transfer on a flat plate are the same as the energy equation if the Prandtl number is 1, pressure gradient is 0, and viscous dissipation is negligible, with no heat sources and similar boundary conditions. This relationship is known as the Reynolds analogy. The Reynolds analogy is modified to account for Prandtl numbers between 0.6-50, resulting in the Colburn analogy. Similarly, the mass transfer equation on a flat plate is analogous to the momentum transfer equation, with diffusivity playing the role of thermal diffusivity. This relationship is useful as it allows calculating heat transfer from known friction factors

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    The document discusses analogies between heat, mass, and momentum transfer. It states that the boundary layer equations for momentum transfer on a flat plate are the same as the energy equation if the Prandtl number is 1, pressure gradient is 0, and viscous dissipation is negligible, with no heat sources and similar boundary conditions. This relationship is known as the Reynolds analogy. The Reynolds analogy is modified to account for Prandtl numbers between 0.6-50, resulting in the Colburn analogy. Similarly, the mass transfer equation on a flat plate is analogous to the momentum transfer equation, with diffusivity playing the role of thermal diffusivity. This relationship is useful as it allows calculating heat transfer from known friction factors

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    The document discusses analogies between heat, mass, and momentum transfer. It states that the boundary layer equations for momentum transfer on a flat plate are the same as the energy equation if the Prandtl number is 1, pressure gradient is 0, and viscous dissipation is negligible, with no heat sources and similar boundary conditions. This relationship is known as the Reynolds analogy. The Reynolds analogy is modified to account for Prandtl numbers between 0.6-50, resulting in the Colburn analogy. Similarly, the mass transfer equation on a flat plate is analogous to the momentum transfer equation, with diffusivity playing the role of thermal diffusivity. This relationship is useful as it allows calculating heat transfer from known friction factors

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    ANALOGY

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    The document discusses analogies between heat, mass, and momentum transfer. It states that the boundary layer equations for momentum transfer on a flat plate are the same as the energy equation if the Prandtl number is 1, pressure gradient is 0, and viscous dissipation is negligible, with no heat sources and similar boundary conditions. This relationship is known as the Reynolds analogy. The Reynolds analogy is modified to account for Prandtl numbers between 0.6-50, resulting in the Colburn analogy. Similarly, the mass transfer equation on a flat plate is analogous to the momentum transfer equation, with diffusivity playing the role of thermal diffusivity. This relationship is useful as it allows calculating heat transfer from known friction factors

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    ANALOGY BETWEEN HEAT, MASS AND MOMENTUM TRANSFER

    Reynolds and Colburn Analogies


    The boundary layer equations for momentum for a flat plate are exactly same as those for energy
    equation if Prandtl number, Pr = 1, pressure gradient is zero and viscous dissipation is negligible, there are
    no heat sources and for similar boundary conditions. Hence, the solution for non-dimensional velocity and
    temperature are also same. It can be shown that for such a case,

    where f is the friction factor and St is Stanton Number.


    The above equation, which relates heat and momentum transfers is known as Reynolds analogy. To
    account for the variation in Prandtl number in the range of 0.6 to 50, the Reynolds analogy is modified
    resulting in Colburn analogy, which is stated as follows.

    Analogy between heat, mass and momentum transfer


    The role that thermal diffusivity plays in the energy equation is played by diffusivity D in the mass
    transfer equation. Therefore, the analogy between momentum and mass transfer for a flat plate will yield:

    To account for values of Schmidt number different from one, following correlation is introduced,

    Comparing the equations relating heat and momentum transfer with heat and mass transfer, it can be shown
    that,

    This analogy is followed in most of the chemical engineering literature and α/D is referred to as Lewis
    number. In air-conditioning calculations, for convenience Lewis number is defined as:

    The above analogies are very useful as by applying them it is possible to find heat transfer coefficient if
    friction factor is known and mass transfer coefficient can be calculated from the knowledge of heat transfer
    coefficient.

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