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Characterization of Novel Carbon Foam Corrugated Structured Packings with Varied Corrugation Angle
Author(s) -
Li Hong,
Shi Qiang,
Yang Xinwei,
Li Xingang,
Gao Xin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201700043
Subject(s) - structured packing , mass transfer , wetting , materials science , distillation , carbon fibers , characterization (materials science) , liquid flow , flow (mathematics) , carbon nanofoam , chromatography , carbon number , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , mechanics , nanotechnology , porosity , organic chemistry , composite number , engineering , physics , alkyl
Carbon foam was utilized to develop corrugated structured packing in distillation for the first time. The hydrodynamics and mass transfer performance of CFP‐400X and CFP‐500W with 60 and 75° corrugation angle were determined by total reflux experiments. The results indicate that increasing the corrugation angle will improve the capacity but decrease the mass transfer efficiency. Comparisons among CFP‐400X, SCFP‐500X, BX‐500, and B1‐500X were made with respect to the performance of hydrodynamics and mass transfer. CFP‐400X shows advantages in terms of capacity and efficiency compared with the other two metal packings. SCFP‐500X exhibits a higher mass transfer efficiency than CFP‐400X because of its superior wettability of test liquid which is supported by the liquid flow behavior experiment.