Prediction of volumetric mass transfer coefficient in mechanically and pneumatically agitated contactors

0505644 - ÚH 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Kracík, T. - Moucha, T. - Petříček, Radim
Prediction of volumetric mass transfer coefficient in mechanically and pneumatically agitated contactors.
Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Roč. 147, July (2019), s. 664-667. ISSN 0263-8762. E-ISSN 1744-3563
Institutional support: RVO:67985874
Keywords : fermenter * airlift reactor * scale-up * gas-liquid * mass transfer
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 3.350, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
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The volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) plays a crucial role in industrial design in the case of the process controlled by gas–liquid mass transfer. Prediction of kLa is nowadays mostly based on literature correlations. Our research goal is to establish suitable kLa correlations for different types of devices that would be based on the experimental dataset. This article aims at the description of one universal correlation that would be viable for mechanically agitated gas–liquid contactors and also for pneumatically agitated gas–liquid contactors such as airlift reactor.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0297126