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Experimental Investigation of the Froth Height in Columns with Sandwich Packings
Author(s) -
Sohr Johanna,
Schubert Markus,
Flechsig Steve,
Kenig Eugeny Y.,
Hampel Uwe
Publication year - 2018
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.201800069
Subject(s) - pressure drop , stack (abstract data type) , flow (mathematics) , materials science , mechanics , fluid dynamics , drop (telecommunication) , chromatography , computer science , mechanical engineering , chemistry , engineering , physics , programming language
Sandwich packings, consisting of alternatingly stacked conventional structured packings with different geometric surface areas, are promising for increasing capacity and efficiency of separation columns. Film flow and froth flow evolve along a stack, which requires comprehensive fluid dynamic analysis. In particular, the froth height is an essential parameter to determine the spatial extent of the flow regimes. Ultrafast X‐ray tomography and a 3D‐printed pressure drop profile measurement module were applied to independently estimate this parameter. The results are compared with existing correlations.