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Design Rules for the Taylor‐Couette Disc Contactor
Author(s) -
Grafschafter Annika,
Siebenhofer Matthäus
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201600142
Subject(s) - contactor , weibull distribution , drop (telecommunication) , mechanics , liquid liquid , log normal distribution , mass transfer , materials science , chromatography , thermodynamics , chemistry , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , statistics , power (physics)
Abstract The Taylor‐Couette disc contactor (TCDC) is a stirred liquid‐liquid phase contactor which is suitable for applications in bioseparations. For liquid‐liquid reactor design, information about the specific mass transfer area is inevitable. Therefore, the drop size distribution and holdup in the TCDC were investigated under various operating conditions and appropriate correlations for the prediction of these parameters have been determined. Experimental data of drop size distributions were correlated with lognormal, Gaussian, and Weibull drop size distribution functions.