BACK-MIXING IN BUBBLE-COLUMNS FITTED WITH INTERNALS

Back-mixing in Bubble Columns Fitted with Internals. Interals installed in bubble column reactors serve mainly for heat transfer and for influencing (suppressing) liquid circulation. Reinforcement of mixing is observed for experimentally for internals subjected to longitudinal flow which is attributable in limitation of transverse exchange and the resulting increase of axial eddy dimensions. The experimental findings can be readily described by the axial dispersion model for uniform cross sections and equations are given for estimating the dispersion coefficients of the gaseous and liquid phases as a function of the central liquid circulation velocity. Internals subjected to transverse flow:hinder the establishment of a large scale circulatory motion and therefore:suppress mixing on the bubble column. Two calculation procedures of differing model depth are presented which permit determination of concentration and temperature profiles in bubble column reactor cascades. Moreover, equations are given for estimating reflux conditions on sieve plates and bundled tube heat exchangers in cross flow which are based On experimental investigations.