Sherwood Number

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Sherwood number, abbreviated as Sh, a dimensionless number, is the ratio between convective mass transfer and diffusive mass transfer.

 

Sherwood Number formulas

\(\large{ Sh = \frac{ K \; l_c }{ D }  }\) 

\(\large{ Sh = \frac{ K }{    \frac{ D }{ l_c }   }  }\) 

Symbol English Metric
\(\large{ Sh }\) = Sherwood number \(\large{dimensionless}\)
\(\large{ l_c }\) = characteristic length \(\large{ft}\) \(\large{m}\)
\(\large{ D }\) = diffusion coefficient \(\large{\frac{ft^2}{sec}}\) \(\large{\frac{m^2}{s}}\)
\(\large{ K }\) = mass transfer coefficient \(\large{dimensionless}\)

 

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