Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1985, 50, 806-827
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19850806
Convective diffusion to a slowly rotating spherical electrode; The effect of axial diffusion in the bulk liquid for Re < 10, Pe > 10
Pavel Mitschka and Ondřej Wein
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol
Abstract
A complete mathematical model has been solved of the steady axially symmetric convective diffusion toward the surface of a spherical electrode of radius R rotating at an angular velocity Ω under the creeping flow conditions Re ≡ ΩR2ρ/η < 10 and Pe ≡ Ω2R4ρ/(12Dη) > 10 by the method of singular perturbations. For Pe > 300 the effect of axial diffusion has been found entirely negligible; for 10 < Pe < 300 it causes an increase of local transfer coefficients by 1-10%. For Pe < 10 the applied asymptotic method of solution, assuming Pe >> 1 is no longer applicable.
