Sublimating Paradichlorobenzene Spheres in a Natural Convection Environment

Identifier

539

Author

William Patrick Anderson

Date

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Committee Chair

William Janna

Committee Member

John Hochstein

Committee Member

Jiada Mo

Abstract

Three sizes of paradichlorobenzene spheres were cast and allowed to sublimate in a natural convection environment. The mass loss over time was recorded, and a sublimation rate was calculated. The three sphere diameter sizes were: 0.04025 m (1.58 in), 0.0677 m (2.67 in), and 0.0846 m (3.33 in). The Schmidt number was shown to be a constant 3.64 from calculations. Results of experiments show that the range of Sherwood numbers varies from 1.19 × 104 up to 1.71 × 104, and the Rayleigh number climbs from 69.3 to 643.5. An equation was developed to relate these dimensionless numbers.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.

Recommended Citation

Anderson, William Patrick, "Sublimating Paradichlorobenzene Spheres in a Natural Convection Environment" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 437.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/437