Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.80, No.5, 197-201, 2001
Gas dispersal in an aqueous solution of glycerine through a continuous collision of jets of the phases
The results are presented of a study of a reactor in which a novel dynamic method was applied for the dispersal of the gas in the liquid. This method, by providing special flow conditions, leads to a considerable increase in the parameters which influence the rate of the mass and heat transfer in two phase systems, thus intensifying these processes. In the experiments, using air as a gas phase and an aqueous solution of glycerine as a liquid phase, it is found, that a change in the liquid properties (in relation to water used in preliminary investigations) leads to a distinct increase in the interfacial surface area and the hold-up of the gas in the reactor. The dynamic method can find application in chemical and biochemical industry, in environmental protection and wherever the traditional techniques of gas dispersal are not effective for the mass and heat transfer processes to occur rapidly enough in liquid - gas systems.