CONVECTIVE MIXING IN AN INCLINED CHANNEL CAUSED BY TERNARY DIFFUSION UNDER CONDITION OF INCREASING DENSITY OF THE MIXTURE WITH HEIGHT

Abstract

Using methods of numerical simulation, we studied the quasi-stationary mass transfer of isothermal ternary gas mixtures in the vertical and inclined channels for the zone of flow exit from a given channel into the lower flask of a diffusion cell. Convective mixing is considered under conditions involving an increase in the density of the mixture with the height of the channel. The characteristic features of structured flows were studied at a certain content of the component with the highest molecular weight in the mixture. The convective formations in the vertical and inclined channels are compared. The dynamics of structured convective flows at various inclination angles is analysed. Estimates of the lifetime of a structural formation consisting mainly of the component with the highest molecular weight moving in a gas mixture with a lower density value are given.