Mass transfer for woven and knitted wire gauze substrates: Experiments and modelling

The study deals with the heat and mass transport properties of woven and knitted wire gauzes stacked in catalytic reactor. The experimental programme included heat transfer experiments performed for air flow (Re = 2–300) using three woven gauzes and one knitted gauze. The model based on the concept of laminar flow developing in a short capillary channel (gauze mesh) was put forward. The heat transfer data were then transformed to the mass transfer ones using heat–mass transfer analogy developed for laminar flow. The results were validated based on the reactive experiments performed.