Mass transfer in a packed bed of fibers

Abstract

Commencing with a simple but realistic mathemati cal model of dispersion, absorption, and desorp tion of dye within a cylindrical packed bed of fibers, a finite difference scheme of equations was developed capable of analog solution.

By varying the main kinetic and mass-transfer pa rameters, the dynamic response of the system was determined and preferred changes of operating values were indicated.

We suggest that these methods could be widely ap plied in the study of systems involving mass trans fer and reaction; to determine the individual effect of descriptive physical parameters on a pro cess without recourse to complex mathematical procedures.