| Titre : | Computed tomographic investigation of the influence of gas sparger design on gas holdup distribution in a bubble column (2009) |
| Auteurs : | B. C. Ong, Éditeur scientifique ; P. Gupta, Éditeur scientifique ; A. Youssef, Éditeur scientifique |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Industrial & engineering chemistry research (Vol. 48 N°1, Janvier 2009) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 58-68 |
| Note générale : | Chemical engineering |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Computed tomographic investigation Gas sparger design |
| Résumé : | The effect of gas sparger design on the gas holdup radial profile in a bubble column (with a diameter of 0.162 m) has been studied using γ-ray computed tomography (CT). Six different configurations of gas spargers were examined, using an air−water system for selected superficial gas velocities from 2 cm/s to 30 cm/s, covering the homogeneous and heterogeneous (churn-turbulent) flow regimes. Two operating pressures were used: 1 and 4 atm. Differences were found between the gas holdup distributions produced by different spargers at dimensionless radii of r/R < 0.8 in the central region of the column. The cross and single nozzle spargers produced closely similar gas holdup distributions, while the perforated plate sparger produced a higher gas holdup when compared to other spargers with the same percentage open area (POA). At 4 atm, the sparger design did not have a significant effect on the gas holdup profiles, compared to atmospheric pressure, except for the case of the single-hole sparger, which was found to yield a higher gas holdup. |
| En ligne : | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie800516s |
