LIQUID-PHASE RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION FOR 2 PHASE FLOW IN COILED TUBES

Authors
SAXENA AK NIGAM KDP SCHUMPE A DECKWER WD
Citation
Ak. Saxena et al., LIQUID-PHASE RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION FOR 2 PHASE FLOW IN COILED TUBES, Canadian journal of chemical engineering, 74(6), 1996, pp. 861-866
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Canadian journal of chemical engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084034
Volume
74
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
861 - 866
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4034(1996)74:6<861:LRTDF2>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The residence time distribution (RTD) of the liquid phase in air-water flow through helical coils has been studied. Upward and downward cocu rrent flows have been investigated in three coils with curvature ratio s ranging from 11 to 60.7. The ranges of the Reynolds numbers for the gas and the liquid varied from 1500 to 3000 and 620 to 3200, respectiv ely. A model has been proposed that describes the liquid phase RTD as combination of two different residence time distributions applicable f or turbulent and laminar liquid flows.