The axial distribution of holdups in an industrial-scale bubble column with evaluated pressure using γ-ray attenuation approach

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Jin, Haibo ^a   Yang, Suohe ^a   Guo, Zhiwu ^a   He, Guangxiang ^a   Tong, Zemin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ray attenuation; Axial distribution; Gas liquid column; Holdup

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DATA PROCESSING; DENSITOMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

Γ-RAY ATTENUATION; AXIAL DISTRIBUTION; GAS-LIQUID COLUMN; HOLDUP;

BUBBLE COLUMNS;

BUBBLE COLUMN; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HOLD-UP; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION;

EID: 27744566677     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. W.D. Deckwer Bubble Column Reactors 1992 John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
2. K.D.P. Nigram, and A. Schumpe Three-Phase Spargered Reactors 1996 Gordon and Breach Publishers
3. P.L. Mill, and R.V. Chandhari Reaction engineering of emerging oxidation process Catal. Today 48 1999 17 29
4. A. Pintar, and J. Levec Catalytic liquid-phase oxidation of refractory organics in waste water Chem. Eng. Sci. 47 1992 2395 2400
5. U.P. Veera Gamma ray tomography design for the measurement of holdup profiles in two-phase bubble columns Chem. Eng. J. 81 2001 251 260
6. P.H. Calderbank, F. Evans, and J. Rennie The mass-transfer efficiency of distillation and gas absorption plate columns Inst. Chem. Eng., London 125 1961 51 58
7. A.M.C. Chan, and S. Banerjee Design aspects of gamma densitometers for void fraction measurements in small scale two-phase flows Nucl. Instrum. Method 190 1981 135 148
8. C.S. Eberle, W.H. Leung, M. Ishi, and S.T. Kevanker Optimization of a one-shot gamma densitometer to measuring area-averaged void-fractions of gas-liquid flows in narrow pipe Meas. Sci. Technol. 5 1994 1146 1158
9. K.A. Schollenberger, J.R. Torczynski, D.R. Adkins, T.J. O'Hern, and N.B. Jackson Gamma-densitometry tomography of gas holdup spatial distribution in industrial scale bubble columns Chem. Eng. Sci. 52 1997 2037 2048
10. V.P. Veera, and J.B. Joshi Measurement of gas holdup profiles in bubble column by gamma ray tomography: effect of liquid phase properties Trans. I. Chem. Eng. 78 2000 425 434 (Part A)
11. V.P. Veera, and J.B. Joshi Measurement of gas holdup profiles in bubble column by gamma ray tomography: effect of sparger design and height of dispersion in bubble column Trans. I. Chem. Eng. 77 1999 303 317 (Part A)
12. V.P. Veera, K.L. Kataria, and J.B. Joshi Gas holdup profiles in foaming liquid in bubble column Chem. Eng. J. 84 2001 247 256
13. D.B. Bukur, J.G. Daly, and S.A. Patel Application of γ-ray attenuation for measurement of gas holdups and flow regime transition in bubble columns Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 35 1996 70 80
14. T. Xie, S.M. Ghiaasiaan, S. Karrila, and T. Mcdonough Flow regimes and gas holdup in paper pulp-water-gas three-phase slurry flow Chem. Eng. Sci. 58 2003 1417 1430
15. A. Kemoun, B.C. Ong, P. Gupta, and H.A. Muthanna Gas holdup in bubble column at elevated pressure via computed tomography Int. J. Multiphase Flow 27 2001 929 946
16. A. Kemoun, N. Rados, F. Li, M.H. Al-Dahhan, M.P. Dudukovic, P.L. Mills, T.M. Leib, and J.J. Lerou Gas holdup in a trayed cold-flow bubble column Chem. Eng. Sci. 56 2001 1197 1205
17. S.B. Kumar, D. Moslemian, and M.P. Dudukovic A gamma ray tomographic scanner for imaging voidage distribution in two phase flow systems Flow Meas. Instrum. 6 1995 61 73
18. D.B. Bukur, and J.G. Daly Gas holdup in a bubble column for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Chem. Eng. Sci. 42 1987 2967 2969
19. S.A. Patel, J.G. Daly, and D.B. Bukur Bubble size distribution in Fischer-Tropsch derived wases in a bubble column AIChE J. 36 1990 93 105