The influence of diffusivity on liquid phase mass transfer to the free interface in a stirred vessel
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in AIChE Journal
- Vol. 12 (1), 109-116
- https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690120122
Abstract
Liquid phase mass transfer coefficients were measured in a continuous flow, stirred vessel containing a gas and a liquid phase. Helium, hydrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide were desorbed from distilled water into nitrogen at seven different levels of agitation. At low stirring speeds the system was stratified and mass transfer coefficients were proportional to diffusivity raised to a power between 0.5 and 0.6. At higher stirring speeds the interface was broken and corrections for desorption into the entrained bubbles indicated that the mass transfer coefficient at the main free interface was proportional to a higher power of diffusivity. The results are interpreted in the light of a general model considering eddy diffusion and surface renewal effects.Keywords
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