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Modelling oxygen solubility in bleaching solutions
Author(s) -
Tromans Desmond
Publication year - 2001
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.5450790124
Subject(s) - oxygen , solubility , aqueous solution , chemistry , partial pressure , thermodynamics , kinetics , oxygen transport , oxygen pressure , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract A general thermodynamics‐related model of oxygen solubility, previously developed for water and aqueous inorganic solutions, has been applied to bleaching solutions. The model allows estimations of dissolved oxygen concentrations to be made for different combinations of temperature, oxygen partial pressure and inorganic solute concentrations likely to be encountered during oxygen bleaching of pulp. Combination of the model with oxygen diffusion kinetics allows optimum temperatures for transport‐controlled oxygen delignification rates to be estimated.