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Emulsion Analysis in a Gas/Liquid/Liquid Reactor With Top Blowing
Author(s) -
Martín Margarita,
Rendueles Manuel,
Díaz Mario
Publication year - 2004
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.5450820206
Subject(s) - emulsion , mass transfer , liquid steel , materials science , kinetics , blowing agent , chemical engineering , metallurgy , chemistry , nuclear engineering , composite material , chromatography , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , polyurethane
Top blowing is a common operation in metallurgical oxidation processes such as those found in steel production. One advantage of this kind of blowing is the absence of any submerged element in the melt. The analysis of fluidynamics and mass transfer usually requires the employment of cold models. Thus, a G L L ' cold model of a steel converter was accordingly designed that illustrated the presence of emulsions likewise reported in real reactors. The characteristics of this system were studied, namely the kinetics of emulsion formation and destruction. A model was subsequently elaborated for the stages of emulsion formation and destruction.