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Towards the Development of Advanced Packing Design for Distillation in Rotating Packed Beds
Author(s) -
Qammar Hina,
Gładyszewski Konrad,
Górak Andrzej,
Skiborowski Mirko
Publication year - 2019
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.201900053
Subject(s) - pressure drop , packed bed , mass transfer , distillation , structured packing , high gravity , process engineering , development (topology) , mechanical engineering , materials science , engineering , chemical engineering , mechanics , chemistry , chromatography , mathematics , physics , organic chemistry , mathematical analysis , fermentation
Abstract The growing demand for flexible and compact separation technologies has promoted the application of high‐gravity technology, like rotating packed beds (RPBs). Mass transfer characterization and packing design play an important role in the development of this technology. This article provides a systematic approach towards the evaluation of packing and the development of advanced packing design for distillation in RPBs. For the latter, an additive manufacturing approach is used to develop a new Zickzack packing for RPBs. The new packing provides better mass transfer at reduced pressure drop compared to available conventional packings, while being competitive in terms of mass transfer with the industrially applied rotating zigzag bed at significantly reduced pressure drop.