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Effect of surfactant added in small amounts on nonisothermal absorption: an experimental study

V. E. Nakoryakov, N. S. Bufetov, R. A. Dekhtyar'

Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090

Abstract: Results of an experimental study of water-vapor absorption by a stagnant layer of the aqueous solution of LiBr with admixed octanol, used as a surfactant, are described. Time dependences of temperature at various heights of the layer, time dependences of absorbed mass, and temperature and concentration profiles at various times are reported. A comparison with experimental data for surfactant-free solutions reveals an enhanced action of octanol on water-vapor absorption and an increase in the absorbent surface temperature at the initial stage of the process.

Keywords: absorption, heat and mass transfer, diffusion, solution, surfactant.

UDC: 536.423.4

Received: 22.06.2003
Accepted: 15.09.2003

 English version: Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 2004, 45:2, 276–280

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