INTERFACIAL AREA OF MELLAPAK PACKING - ABSORPTION OF 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE BY GENOSORB-300

In this work a Sulzer structured packing, Mellapak 250Y, was studied f or applications in the field of absorption. A new model was proposed w hich makes it possible to estimate the packing surface that actually t akes part in the process. In the course of these studies, new experime ntal data were obtained relating to the absorption of 1,1,1-trichloroe thane using Genosorb 300, a mixture of polyethylene glycol dimethyl et hers produced by Hoechst S.p.A., as absorption liquid. The results obt ained with the proposed model are in agreement both with the experimen tal measurements made in the course of the work and with experimental absorption measurements reported by other authors on water systems.