Sherwood Number
Sherwood number, abbreviated as Sh, a dimensionless number, is the ratio between convective mass transfer and diffusive mass transfer.
Sherwood Number formulas |
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\(\large{ Sh = \frac{ K \; l_c }{ D } }\) \(\large{ Sh = \frac{ K }{ \frac{ D }{ l_c } } }\) |
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| 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 | \(\large{dimensionless}\) | |
Tags: Mass Equations