An inverted cup reciprocating plate for gas absorption Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractThe characteristics of a novel type of reciprocating plate have been investigated. The plate is in the form of an inverted cup, 13.8 cm outside diameter and 7 cm deep, reciprocated on a central shaft in a 15 cm internal diameter water‐filled column. Reciprocation stroke length was 2.9 cm and the frequency was in the range 0–4.5 Hz. Air or oxygen is supplied steadily to the space beneath the cup and escapes from 1 mm diameter holes drilled around the side of the cup. At high reciprocation frequencies, this arrangement produces very fine gas bubbles of less than 1 mm diameter. Measurements have been made of Sauter mean bubble diameter, gas holdup and volumetric mass transfer coefficient for the oxygen‐water system.

authors

• Baird, Malcolm
• Rama Rao, NV

status

• published 

publication date

• August 1991

has subject area

• 0904 Chemical Engineering (FoR)
• 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy (FoR)
• Chemical Engineering (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4004 Chemical Engineering
• 4019 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/cjce.5450690415

start page

• 927

end page

• 932

volume

• 69

issue

• 4