THEORETICAL PREDICTION OF GAS HOLDUP IN BUBBLE COLUMNS WITH NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS

A simple model based on an energy balance which takes into account the friction losses at the gas-liquid interface and the slip velocity of single bubble is used to simulate the gas holdup in bubble columns containing Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids which circulate in both laminar and turbulent...

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Published in:Chemical engineering communications 1996-01, Vol.143 (1), p.117-132
Main Authors: GARCÍA-CALVO, E., LETÓN, P., ARRANZ, M. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Bubble columns
Bubbles (in fluids)
Chemical engineering
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer simulation
Exact sciences and technology
Gases
Holdup
Hydrodynamics of contact apparatus
Interfaces (materials)
Laminar flow
Liquids
Mathematical models
Newtonian
Newtonian liquids
Non Newtonian liquids
Non-Newtonian
Turbulent flow
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Summary:A simple model based on an energy balance which takes into account the friction losses at the gas-liquid interface and the slip velocity of single bubble is used to simulate the gas holdup in bubble columns containing Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids which circulate in both laminar and turbulent flows. Experimental data available from the literature for bubble columns up to 7 m height and 1 m diameter with water and glycerol as Newtonian liquids and different solutions of CMC in a wide range of concentrations as non-Newtonian liquids are simulated with good agreement despite the simplifications made to describe the gas liquid flow regimes. Most of the differences between experimental and calculated gas holdup are justified on the basis of the simplifying assumptions.
ISSN:0098-6445
1563-5201
DOI:10.1080/00986449608936437