Separation Science and Technology, Vol.52, No.17, 2742-2755, 2017
Experimental investigation on the mean drop size and drop size distribution in an L-shaped pulsed sieve-plate column
Vertical pulsed extraction columns cannot be employed in applications with height limitations. On the other hand, the horizontal extraction columns have low throughput, which affects their applicability in industrial applications. Therefore, there is a need to design a new type of extractors for such circumstances. In this paper, an experimental study on drop sizes has been implemented in a novel L-shaped pulsed sieve-plate extraction column in the absence and presence of mass transfer. Moreover, new correlations are developed for prediction of the mean drop size and size distribution using the log-normal probability density function.
Keywords:L-shaped pulsed plate column;Sauter mean diameter;log-normal probability density function;interfacial tension;drop size distribution