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A linear model for predicting the washout of pollutant gases from industrial plumes
Author(s) -
Hales Jeremy M.,
Wolf Marvin A.,
Dana M. Terry
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690190213
Subject(s) - plume , washout , mass transfer , dispersion (optics) , thermodynamics , chemistry , mechanics , adsorption , meteorology , chromatography , physics , optics
A simplified method for predicting the washout of gaseous constituents from industrial plumes has been developed. This method is a linearized version of a more general treatment given previously. It is based upon an application of conventional mass‐transfer theory in conjunction with existing plume dispersion models and accounts for reversibility of the adsorption process and liquid‐phase mass‐transfer resistance. The method presented in this paper is sufficiently simple to permit hand calculation, if necessary. This model is recommended for calculation of washout of gases from plumes under conditions where the gas exhibits physical or pseudophysical adsorption behavior. It is expected to apply with reasonable accuracy for gases with linear solubility relationships; accuracy for situations involving other gases is expected to be less satisfactory, depending upon the degree of deviation from this idealized behavior.