Application of γ-ray Attenuation for Measurement of Gas Holdups and Flow Regime Transitions in Bubble Columns
| Autor: | Dragomir B. Bukur, James G. Daly, Snehal A. Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Yield (engineering)
Chemistry General Chemical Engineering Bubble Attenuation Flow (psychology) Oxide Thermodynamics General Chemistry Mechanics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound Pressure measurement law Volume fraction Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Ambient pressure |
| Zdroj: | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 35:70-80 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5045 0888-5885 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ie950134z |
| Popis: | In this study a γ-ray densitometry was used to measure radial and axial volume fraction distributions in a 0.21 m diameter bubble column, and flow regime transitions in a 0.05 m and 0.21 m diameter bubble columns. Experiments were conducted with two- and three-phase systems (nitrogen−Fischer−Tropsch derived waxes−iron oxide or silica particles) in both batch and continuous modes of operation at 265 °C and ambient pressure. Average radial gas holdups in the large diameter column showed the existence of a maximum at the center of the column, in both two- and three-phase systems. The maximum was more pronounced at higher superficial gas velocities (churn-turbulent flow regime). The axial and average gas holdup measurements in two-phase systems were in good agreement with results obtained by a conventional method (pressure measurements along the column height). An independent treatment of all three phases did not yield satisfactory results, due to large impact of small experimental errors on calculated holdup... |
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