The effect of flow oscillations on the axial diffusion of a solute in a pipe is analyzed theoretically by a perturbation method for small oscillation Reynolds numbers. The specific case of an initial step disribution in concentration is solved to second order. Numerical results of diffusion enhancement are given for several values of the parameter involved and are found to be conveniently summarized in terms of an equivalent diffusion parameter.
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L P Purtell (1981) studied this question.
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