Multiple hydrodynamic states in trickle flow: Quantifying the extent of pressure drop, liquid holdup and gas–liquid mass transfer variation

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (22) ◽  
pp. 7551-7562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Loudon ◽  
Werner van der Merwe ◽  
Willie Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Liquid Holdup ◽  
Liquid Mass ◽  
Liquid Mass Transfer

The effect of two-phase flow regime on hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a horizontal-tube gas-liquid reactor

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 745-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Zahn ◽  
Lothar Ebner ◽  
Kurt Winkler ◽  
Jan Kratochvíl ◽  
Jindřich Zahradník
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Liquid Flow ◽  
Horizontal Tube ◽  
Liquid Holdup ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Type Relation ◽  
Good Agreement

The effect of two-phase flow regime on decisive hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of horizontal-tube gas-liquid reactors (pressure drop, liquid holdup, kLaL) was determined in a cocurrent-flow experimental unit of the length 4.15 m and diameter 0.05 m with air-water system. An adjustable-height weir was installed in the separation chamber at the reactor outlet to simulate the effect of internal baffles on reactor hydrodynamics. Flow regime maps were developed in the whole range of experimental gas and liquid flow rates both for the weirless arrangement and for the weir height 0.05 m, the former being in good agreement with flow-pattern boundaries presented by Mandhane. In the whole range of experi-mental conditions pressure drop data could be well correlated as a function of gas and liquid flow rates by an empirical exponential-type relation with specific sets of coefficients obtained for individual flow regimes from experimental data. Good agreement was observed between values of pressure drop obtained for weirless arrangement and data calculated from the Lockhart-Martinelli correlation while the contribution of weir to the overall pressure drop was well described by a relation proposed for the pressure loss in closed-end tubes. In the region of negligible weir influence values of liquid holdup were again succesfully correlated by the Lockhart-Martinelli relation while the dependence of liquid holdup data on gas and liquid flow rates obtained under conditions of significant weir effect (i.e. at low flow rates of both phases) could be well described by an empirical exponential-type relation. Results of preliminary kLaL measurements confirmed the decisive effect of the rate of energy dissipation on the intensity of interfacial mass transfer in gas-liquid dispersions.

Enhancement of formic acid production from CO2 in formate dehydrogenase reaction using nanoparticles

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (111) ◽  
pp. 109978-109982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Kee Kim ◽  
Sung-Yeob Lee ◽  
Byung-Keun Oh
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Formic Acid ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Formate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Mass Transfer Rate ◽  
Liquid Mass ◽  
Dehydrogenase Reaction ◽  
Liquid Mass Transfer ◽  
Mesoporous Nanoparticles

In an enzyme process using a gas substrate, the enhanced gas liquid mass transfer rate of the gas substrate by methyl-functionalized mesoporous nanoparticles could improve the productivity.

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