Impact of Internals on the Heat-Transfer Coefficient in a Bubble Column
Impact of Internals on the Heat-Transfer Coefficient in a Bubble Column
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DOI:
10.1021/ie2018096
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发表时间:
2012-02
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Rahman S. Abdulmohsin;M. Al-Dahhan
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作者:
Rahman S. Abdulmohsin;M. Al-Dahhan
The effect of heat exchanging internals on the heat-transfer coefficient has been investigated in a 0.19 m diameter bubble column. An air–water system was used with superficial gas velocities varying from 3 to 20 cm/s, which cover both the bubbly and churn-turbulent flow regimes. Internals occluding 0% (empty column), 5% (simulating methanol synthesis), and 22% (simulating Fischer–Tropsch synthesis) of the column cross-sectional area were implemented. A fast response heat-transfer probe was utilized to measure the radial profile of the heat-transfer coefficient in the fully developed flow region. The results indicate that the presence of a high percentage of internals causes an increase in the heat-transfer coefficient at the same actual gas velocity on the basis of the open cross-sectional area. Also, the heat-transfer coefficient increases with an increase in the gas velocity. The heat-transfer coefficients in the column center for all of the studied conditions are larger than those near the wall of the...