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<p>The use of a liquid level sensor made it possible to measure changes in gas hold-up over time in a stirred tank during unsteady mixing. These results were subjected to Fourier time series analysis and a model of gas hold-up changes in time was proposed. It allowed one to determine the model value of gas hold-up, which can be useful for characterizing gas hold-up during unsteady mixing and as a comparison to gas hold-up during steady mixing. The characteristic frequency was also determined, which corresponds to about twice the oscillation frequency. Model gas hold-up values for coalescing and non-coalescing systems were compared. Moreover, the change of the gas hold-up at constant maximum stirrer rotation frequency and variable gas flow rate for different oscillation frequencies was investigated.</p>
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The use of a liquid level sensor made it possible to measure changes in gas hold-up over time in a stirred tank during unsteady mixing. These results were subjected to Fourier time series analysis and a model of gas hold-up changes in time was proposed. It allowed one to determine the model value of gas hold-up, which can be useful for characterizing gas hold-up during unsteady mixing and as a comparison to gas hold-up during steady mixing. The characteristic frequency was also determined, which corresponds to about twice the oscillation frequency. Model gas hold-up values for coalescing and non-coalescing systems were compared. Moreover, the change of the gas hold-up at constant maximum stirrer rotation frequency and variable gas flow rate for different oscillation frequencies was investigated.

Gas hold-up analysis in an unsteady stirred vessel by means of infinite series

Department of Chemical Engineering and Equipment

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The use of a liquid level sensor made it possible to measure changes in gas hold-up over time in a stirred tank during unsteady mixing. These results were...

Gas hold-up analysis in an unsteady stirred vessel by means of infinite series

Publicado en línea: 30 jun 2023

Páginas: 30 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2023-0014

Palabras clave
unsteady mixing, gas hold-up, non-coalescing system, stirred vessel

© 2023 Sebastian S. Frankiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Gas hold-up analysis in an unsteady stirred vessel by means of infinite series

Publicado en línea: 30 jun 2023

Páginas: 30 - 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2023-0014

Palabras claveunsteady mixing, gas hold-up, non-coalescing system, stirred vessel

© 2023 Sebastian S. Frankiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
unsteady mixing, gas hold-up, non-coalescing system, stirred vessel