Kun Zhang*, Liang Bi Wang
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.7, pp. 1-7, 2016, DOI:10.5098/hmt.7.18
Abstract Detailed numerical analysis is presented for the effect of spaceship orbital transfer on solution convection during protein crystal growth under
microgravity. The results show that the flow and mass transfer during protein crystal growth are unsteady in the process of orbital transfer. For the
case of quasi-steady acceleration, the flow is so weak that the effect of flow on concentration field can be negligible. For the case of position
adjustment, the convection is enhanced with protein crystal diameter dc > 0.2 mm and slightly alters the purely diffusive concentration distribution
under zero gravity condition. For the More >
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