Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1985, 50, 48-60
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19850048
Gas holdup and kLa in perforated-plate bubble columns in the presence of solid particles
Jan Kratochvíla, Kurt Winklerb and Jindřich Zahradníka
a Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czechoslovakia
b Central Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the GDR, 1199 Berlin, GDR
Abstract
The effect of solid particles on values of volumetric liquid-side mass transfer coefficient, kLa, and gas holdup, εG, was determined in a bubble column 0.14 m in diameter within the range of solid phase concentration cS = 0-10% (mass). Experiments were carried out in air-water system at zero liquid flow rate, glass spheres of average diameters 24, 36, 50, 102, 142, 190, and 280 μm and fine Zn0 powder (average particle size 2.3 μm) were used as a solid phase. Perforated plate with holes diameter 1.6 mm and free plate area 0.2% was used for gas distribution, superficial gas velocities ranged between 0.036 and 0.215 m/s. Only negative effect of the gas holdup and kLa was observed in the whole range of experimental conditions, this effect being most pronounced in the region of small particle sizes (dS ⪬ 36 μm).
