Simple correlations for bubble columns and draft tube airlift reactors with dilute alcohol solutions

Autor: Milenko Tokic, Radmilo Čolović, Predrag Kojić, Ivana M. Šijački
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Acta Periodica Technologica, Vol 2009, Iss 40, Pp 183-192 (2009)
ISSN: 1450-7188
Popis: Simple empirical correlations were developed to predict gas holdup, liquid circulation time, downcomer liquid velocity and volumetric mass transfer coefficient in dilute alcohol solutions in bubble columns and draft tube airlift reactors with single orifice sparger. Also, new experiments were conducted with diluted alcohol solutions to n-octanol, expanding the experimental data from C1 up to C8. The proposed empirical correlations include, beside the superficial gas velocity, the alcohol chain length as the only factor to characterize the liquid phase. The suggested correlations have shown good agreement between the calculated and the experimental data.
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