A rectangular plastic sheet L=1.52 m, W=1.0 m was wetted as a result of pouring 500 g of water. Estimate the time required to dry the plastic sheet if dry air at 44°C is being used with a velocity of 15 m/s.
Given:
The vapor pressure of water at the liquid/gas interface = 2487 Pa
Air viscosity = 1.93 x 10^-5 kg/m.s
Air density = 1.12 kg/m^3
Air molecular weight = 29 g/gmol
DAB = 2.8 x 10^-5 m^2/s
Gas constant, R = 8.2 x 10^-5 m^3.atm/gmol.K
1 atm = 101325 Pa
The flow of the gas parallel to a flat plate was correlated according to the following equations:
Sh = 0.664Re^0.5 for laminar flow (Re < 3 x 10^5)
Sh = 0.036Re^0.8 for turbulent flow (Re > 3 x 10^5)