# Pipe flow with solute precipitated at walls

I am trying to use the similarity between mass and heat transfer to solve the following problem:

Consider a plug flow (slippery walls) with a uniform velocity $$U$$ in a circular pipe of diameter,$$d$$ and length $$L$$. The fluid is a supersaturated solution with a concentration $$c$$. At the pipe wall, precipitation of solute happens at a net reaction rate per unit area of $$R'=k(c-c^{sat})$$. rate constant $$k$$ and $$c^{sat}$$ are independent of time.

(1) Determine an expression for the solute concentration as a function of axial and radial position. The precipitated solute does not influence the slipperiness of the wall and bulk flow. And the diffusion layer is thin relative to diameter.

(2) determine an expression for the thickness of precipitation layer as a function of axial position if the solid density is $$\rho$$.

In a cylindrical coordinate system, the mass conservation of solute in bulk at equilibrium state is (neglecting axial diffusion): $$U\frac{\partial c}{\partial x} = \frac{D_{salt}}{r}\frac{\partial}{\partial r}(r\frac{\partial c}{\partial r})$$ with the B.C: $$-D_{salt}\frac{\partial c}{\partial r}=k(c-c^{sat}), @ r=d/2$$ and $$\frac{\partial c}{\partial r}=0 @ r=0$$. With this governing equation, I think the analytical solution for the forced convection problem can be used with constant surface heat flux condition. However, I suspect that the constant surface flux condition might not hold as the solute flux at the surface depends on the precipitation. Any idea of using the similarity between the heat and mass transfer in this case?