Thickness of ice
Thickness of ice
(OP)
If I had a cold trap cylinder that had a internal surface area of 1 meter squared, the trap material was stainless steel that was 10mm thick. The chiller was -60 degrees c on the outside of the trap. For argument sake, the material entering the trap is water vapor. How do I calculate the thickness of solid that would form? The thickness would be from -60 (or whatever the conductivity of stainless steel at 10mm is) to the thickness where the ice changes state? Static, regardless of time?





RE: Thickness of ice
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. —Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Thickness of ice
No sketch or no geometry, AND no flow rates of the incoming vapor, AND no relative humidity or saturated vapor mix or cteam/condensate conditions = no solution to this (textbook ?) problem.
RE: Thickness of ice
You can assume all of the water vapor is deposited as ice. The thickness of the ice can be determined by the density of ice. The density of ice is about 90 percent that of water, but that can vary because ice may contain air.
RE: Thickness of ice
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. —Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Thickness of ice