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Diffusivities of Synthesis Gas and Fischer-Tropsch Products in Slurry Media, Final Report

Akgerman, Aydin

Texas A&M University

Table of Contents 746kb

I

Introduction 291kb

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II

Literature Review 886kb

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2.1

Experimental Techniques 8

2.2 

Experimental Data and Predictive Equations 11

III

Theories of Diffusion 811kb

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3.1

Hydrodynamic Theory 18

3.2

Activated State Theory 20

3.3

Rough Hard Sphere Theory 21

IV

Experimental Theory and Procedure 1803kb

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4.1

Taylor Dispersion Theory for Diffusivity Measurement 29

4.2

Density Measurement from Taylor Dispersion Results 36

4.3

Viscosity Measurement 37

4.4

Description of Apparatus 37

4.5

Modifications to Original Apparatus 44

4.6

Calibration for Diffusivity Measurements 47

4.7

Calibration for Density Measurements 51

4.8

Calibration for Viscosity Measurements 53

4.9

Solute and Solvent Purity 53

V

Results and Discussion 2083kb

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5.1

Measured Values of Diffusivity, Viscosity, and Density 56

5.2

Evaluation of Existing Predictive Equations 73

5.3

Rough Hard Sphere Treatment of Diffusivity 79

VI

Conclusions 169kb

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VII 

Recommendations for Future Work 51kb

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Notation 91kb

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Literature Cited 492kb

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