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Mass transfer in nitric acid absorption
Author(s) -
Miller D. N.
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.690330812
Subject(s) - mass transfer , nitric acid , chemistry , bubble , absorption (acoustics) , mass transfer coefficient , interphase , absorption rate , aqueous solution , kinetics , sieve (category theory) , nitrogen , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , materials science , mechanics , chromatography , organic chemistry , composite material , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics , combinatorics , biology , genetics , engineering
Abstract The mechanism and rate limitations in aqueous nitrogen oxides absorption are reviewed and data available on chemical kinetics for performance predictions are discussed. Application of a rate relationship to characterize interphase mass transfer for the primary reactant N 2 O 4 is shown, with mass transfer coefficients derived from plant‐scale data. Correlations for these coefficients as functions of acid strength and temperature for both bubble cap and sieve plate designs are presented.