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Experimental characterization of new wire gauze with high capacity structured packing
Author(s) -
Amini Younes,
KarimiSabet Javad,
Nasr Esfahany Mohsen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.22731
Subject(s) - structured packing , pressure drop , materials science , mass transfer , atomic packing factor , distillation , sphere packing , porosity , drop (telecommunication) , process engineering , composite material , chromatography , mechanics , mechanical engineering , chemistry , engineering , physics , crystallography
In this paper, experimental studies are conducted to introduce a new high capacity structured packing (PACK‐2100) for the separation of mixtures with low separation factor. To improve the performance of this packing, extensive consideration is given to the construction of a new wire gauze structure packing through various hydrodynamic and mass transfer analyses. The surface area and porosity of new structured packing (PACK‐2100) are increased to enhance the pressure drop and the separation efficiency. In addition, comprehensive parametric studies are performed to evaluate the dry/wet pressure drop and mass transfer efficiency in different operating conditions of the presented packing. Our findings show that this new structured packing reduces dry and wet pressure drops more than 25 % compared to the traditional packing that is used for difficult separations such as Dixon 1/8, with the same specific surface area. In addition, the achieved Height Equivalent Theoretical Plate (HETP) of PACK‐2100 is significantly lower (about 20 %) than other conventional packings. Thus, the PACK‐2100 is highly recommended for the separation of stable isotopes such as 18 O and 13 C in the distillation process.