ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The direct-contact heat transfer to a dispersed population of immiscible evaporating droplets is analyzed. Also studied is a population balance formulation for the distribution of two-phase bubbles, which is similar to that utilized in particle and droplet dispersion analysis and is capable of including bubble coalescence and break-up. It is shown that the method of classes is useful particularly in solving such problems when the growth functions are size- and time-dependent and nonquadratic. The method is applied to a liquid cool-down, representing the initial chilling stage of a direct-contact batch crystallizer or cold-storage unit wherein a vessel containing a liquid is chilled by injecting a dispersion of refrigerant droplets. Transient bubble population characteristics, volumetric heat transfer coefficient, total heat transfer, and liquid temperature are predicted, along with the liquid refrigerant holdup.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690360803
