BUBBLE COALESCENCE AND GAS TRANSFER IN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTIONS
BUBBLE COALESCENCE AND GAS TRANSFER IN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/i160038a012
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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ZIEMINSKI, SA
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作者:
LESSARD, RR;ZIEMINSKI, SA
The effects various inorganic salts exert on the coalescence of gas bubbles and on the rate of mass transfer are of interest to the chemical engineer as well as to those engaged in the treat-ment of polluted saline waters (Gurnham, 1965). Tests performed by Zieminski and Whittemore (1971) show that the reduction of bubble coalescence afforded by electrolyte solu-tions of sufficiently high concentration leads to an increased gas-transfer rate by enlarging the contact surface. This indicates a potential means of increasing aeration efficiency in saline waters byintroducing air into regions of higher salt concentration. In searching the literature, however, one finds that very little basic work has been done in determining the effects of dissolved ions on this type ofsystem. Though the effects of surface-active agents on aqueous interfacial phe-nomena have been studied in considerable detail (Carver, 1956; Mancy and Okun, 1965; Zieminski, et al., 1960; Zie-minski, et al., 1967; Zieminski and Hill, 1962; Zieminski and Lessard, 1969), the dependence of the degree of bubble coales-cence on ionic charge remains unclear and the effects of elec-trolytes on the resistance to gas transfer are practically un-explored.Coalescence Phenomenon in Ionic Solution. Anyone who has watched a wave coming ontoshore from the sea must certainly have been impressed, either consciously or otherwise, by the “foaminess” which such a wave possesses as compared to a similar wave in freshwater. This phe-nomenon, attributable to the high salt content of sea water, is caused by the decreased coalescence of air bubbles trapped by a breaking wave. In pure water, gas bubbles which