화학공학소재연구정보센터
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.75, No.2, 290-298, 1997
Liquid Circulation and Mixing in an Inclined Bubble-Column
Gas and liquid velocities were measured in an inclined rectangular column, at inclinations in the range 0-45 degrees and superficial gas velocities of 0.002 to 0.12 cm/s. Liquid circulation was also characterized by measuring the time to mix a pulse of salt solution in the column. Inclining the column by up to 10 degrees from the vertical induced a drastic change in behavior, from a bubble column with evenly distributed gas bubbles to a segregated system with rapid liquid circulation pumped by rising gas bubbles. The liquid velocities in the inclined column ranged from 10 to 50 times the superficial gas velocity. Further inclination of the column in the range of 10-45 degrees had little effect on liquid velocity or mixing time. A compartmental model for the recirculating liquid flow matched the observed mixing times, but predicted oscillations in tracer concentration which were not detected in experiments.