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Drying Technology 2 ( 1 ) : 1-44.

A u t h o r s ' r e p l y t o t h e r e v i e w e r ' s comments on t h e p a p e r "THE KINETIC TKEORY OF GASES AND MASS 'I'WSYER IN POKES J-N THE PUSENCE OF ~ 1 ' ~ H O G N N E O UPHASE. S AND CHXMICAL CONVERSIONSn (by 0.O .Martynenko, N v .Pavlyuk e v i e h a n d ti. I . ~ u d i n )

The Hamel-type k i n e t i c model e q u a t i o n s f o r a b i n a r y g a s m i x t u r e i n v o l v e t h r e e parameters; A12=A21, which c h a r a c t e r i z e t h e c o l l i s i o n s . of molecules. I n p r i n c i p l e , t h e s e parameters could n o t be d e t e r m i n e d w i t h i n t h e c o n f i n e s of t h e r e l a x a t i o n 8 1 k i n e t i c : model. adopted. F o r t h e s e t o be determined, additional h e u r i s t i c considerations a r e required. There a r e s e v e r a l means f o r t h i s t o be done. The one a p p l i e d i n o u r work c o n s i s t s i n $he e x p r e s s i o n s f o r t h e m i x t u r e s p e c i e s v i s c o s i t y c o e f f ic i e n t s o b t a i n e d from t h e well-known s o l u t i o n . o f t h e system of e q u a t i o n s (4) by t h e Chapman-Enskag metho&, t o be e q u a t e d t o t h e i r e x p e r i m e n t a l v a l u e s . The l a t t e r depend on t h e i n t e r m o l e c u l a r i n t e r a c t i o n p o t e n t i a l , i.e. on whether

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t h e molecules a r e o r a r e n o t p o l a r and s o on. T h i s approach i s used by many of t h e a u t h o r s ( s e e , e.g., Iang, H., 1971, D i f f u s i o n and f l o w of g a s e s i n f i n e o a p i l l a r i e s . Chem. Engng S c i . 26, 2099-2111). An a l t e r n a t i v e approach t o t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n i of parametere A is a s follows. E 3 y d e f i n i t i o n , Aii =
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