Title: Non-Newtonian Fluids in Spout-Fluid Beds: Mass Transfer Coefficient at Low Reynolds Numbers
Abstract: Following on from the work of Anabtawi et al. (2003) Anabtawi, M. Z., Hilal, N. and Al Muftah, A. E. 2003. Volumetric mass transfer coefficient in non-Newtonian fluids in spouted-fluid beds: Part I. Chem. Eng. Technol., 26: 759–764. [Google Scholar], this study examined how the volumetric liquid-phase mass transfer coefficient, k L a, of oxygen in air in three-phase spout-fluid beds was affected by varying the system parameters of bed height, bed diameter, gas velocity, and liquid velocity. The liquid used was 0.1% CMC solution, displaying a pseudo-plastic rheology, with 1.75 mm glass spheres as packing. The values of the Sherwood number were lower than in previous studies (Anabtawi et al., 2003 Anabtawi, M. Z., Hilal, N. and Al Muftah, A. E. 2003. Volumetric mass transfer coefficient in non-Newtonian fluids in spouted-fluid beds: Part I. Chem. Eng. Technol., 26: 759–764. [Google Scholar]), in the range 9,000–186,000. Gas velocity had a similar effect on k L a as in a bubble column, with results also giving good agreement with previous work on two-phase and three-phase spouted bed systems. The correlation obtained for the effect of liquid velocity on k L a compared well with that of Schumpe et al. (1989) Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. and Nigam, K. D. P. 1989. Gas-liquid mass transfer in three- phase fluidized beds with viscous pseudoplastic liquids. Can. J. Chem. Eng., 67: 873–877. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]. An increase in the height of packing increased k L a to the power of 0.319, with an increase in column diameter also causing an increase in k L a, which is in agreement with the results of Akita and Yoshida (1973) Akita, K. and Yoshida, F. 1973. Gas hold-up and volumetric mass transfer coefficient in bubble columns. Ind. Eng. Chem. Process Des. Dev., 12: 76–80. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar].
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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