Abstract
Temperature profiles of dispersed kerosene and water were measured in a spray column heat exchanger, 15 cm. in diameter and 160 cm. long. Dispersed packing of drops and narrow temperature ranges were used. The flow rates used were 0 to 50 liters/min. of water and 5 to 40 liters/min. of kerosene. The physical picture that emerges from the temperature profiles is that heat is transferred from fully mixed drops to fully mixed wakes while the wakes are formed, by shedding and renewal of elements of wakes in most of the column and by complete mixing of all streams at the water inlet at the top of the column. Mathematical equations were developed from the physical model. The volume of the wakes and the rate of shedding of wake elements were estimated from the temperature profiles and were used to calculate the temperature profiles for this and for other studies. The agreement of the calculated profiles with the experimental data is very good.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 398-405 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | AICHE Journal |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1968 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Environmental Engineering
- General Chemical Engineering