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Design of commercial‐scale gas‐liquid contactors
Author(s) -
Otero Keil Z.,
Russell T. W. F.
Publication year - 1987
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.690330314
Subject(s) - contactor , mass transfer , volumetric flow rate , aeration , viscosity , flow (mathematics) , chemistry , thermodynamics , mechanics , process engineering , petroleum engineering , nuclear engineering , chromatography , engineering , physics , organic chemistry , power (physics)
A systematic design procedure using a liquid circulation unit for gas‐liquid systems containing low‐viscosity liquids is developed. The procedure can be used to predict and optimize the fluid mechanics and mass transfer in gas‐liquid contactors for a specified performance. Batch liquid mass transfer data obtained from a commercial‐scale aeration basin (12.2 m × 12.2 m × 6.7 m; gas flow rate range, 0.0023–0.01 m 3 /s) are used to verify the model predictions and to test the design procedure.