Author:
Bushueva A,Dyakova V,Polezhaev D
Abstract
Abstract
The mass transfer of a passive substance dissolved in a fluid in a rectangular Hele–Shaw cell is experimentally studied. We consider mass transfer when the fluid is (i) at rest and (ii) oscillates. In the first case, mass transfer is carried out due to molecular diffusion. The results of measuring the molecular diffusion coefficient of the fluorescent dye Rhodamine B in water are in good agreement with the data obtained by other methods. In the presence of oscillations, the mass transfer rate increases. The comparison of the obtained experimental results with theoretical predictions reveals that the mass transfer is enhanced due to the Taylor dispersion.