MASS TRANSFER IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES Edited by Jozef Markoš Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering Processes Edited by Jozef Markoš Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license, which permits to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work in any medium, so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Alenka Urbancic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright paolo toscani, 2011. Used under license from Shutterstock.com First published September, 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from
[email protected] Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering Processes, Edited by Jozef Markoš p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-619-5 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface IX Chapter 1 Research on Molecular Diffusion Coefficient of Gas-Oil System Under High Temperature and High Pressure 3 Ping Guo, Zhouhua Wang, Yanmei Xu and Jianfen Du Chapter 2 Diffusion in Polymer Solids and Solutions 17 Mohammad Karimi Chapter 3 HETP Evaluation of Structured and Randomic Packing Distillation Column Marisa Fernandes Mendes 41 Chapter 4 Mathematical Modelling of Air Drying by Adiabatic Adsorption 69 Carlos Eduardo L. Nóbrega and Nisio Carvalho L. Brum Chapter 5 Numerical Simulation of Pneumatic and Cyclonic Dryers Using Computational Fluid Dynamics 85 Tarek J. Jamaleddine and Madhumita B. Ray Chapter 6 Extraction of Oleoresin from Pungent Red Paprika Under Different Conditions 111 Vesna Rafajlovska, Renata Slaveska-Raicki, Jana Klopcevska and Marija Srbinoska Chapter 7 Removal of H2S and CO2 from Biogas by Amine Absorption 133 J.I. Huertas, N. Giraldo, and S. Izquierdo Chapter 8 Mass Transfer Enhancement by Means of Electroporation 151 Gianpiero Pataro, Giovanna Ferrari and Francesco Donsì VI Contents Chapter 9 Roles of Facilitated Transport Through HFSLM in Engineering Applications 177 A.W. Lothongkum, U. Pancharoen and T. Prapasawat Chapter 10 Particularities of Membrane Gas Separation Under Unsteady State Conditions 205 Igor N. Beckman, Maxim G. Shalygin and Vladimir V. Tepliakov Chapter 11 Effect of Mass Transfer on Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell 233 Mostafa Rahimnejad, Ghasem Najafpour and Ali Asghar Ghoreyshi Chapter 12 Mass Transfer Related to Heterogeneous Combustion of Solid Carbon in the Forward Stagnation Region - Part 1 - Combustion Rate and Flame Structure 251 Atsushi Makino Chapter 13 Mass Transfer Related to Heterogeneous Combustion of Solid Carbon in the Forw