Intensification of mass transfer processes through the impact of the velocity gradient on hydrodynamics and stability of liquid droplets in a gas flow

Autor: Ivan Pavlenko, Vsevolod Ivanovych Sklabinskyi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Chemical Engineering Science. 235:116470
ISSN: 0009-2509
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116470
Popis: The article investigates the dependencies between the intensity gradient of the gas flow velocity and the circulation intensity in a liquid droplet. The droplet’s hydrodynamics in a gas flow in the counterflow mass transfer apparatus was considered. A mathematical model considering the effect of the circulation flow inside the droplet on mass transfer intensification was developed. It was confirmed that the intensity of radial flow in a droplet depends on the velocity gradient. It was shown how this gradient affects the circulation flow of a liquid inside the droplet and its movement in a vortex gas flow. A system of nonlinear differential equations describing the translational motion of a liquid droplet in a gas flow was developed. The stability region for droplet’s movement was found. Kinematic characteristics of a droplet in a gas flow were obtained. The results allowed increasing the efficiency of mass transfer equipment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE