Evaluation of capital cost data: Gas moving equipment

Capital cost correlations are given for gas moving equipment. Correlations available in the literature and current data are compared on a consistent basis. Forty-three graphs show the relative magnitude of the different correlations and the recommended correlation for each type of equipment is summarized in a table. Some data on the costs of installing gas moving equipment are given.     

Evaluation of capital cost data: Heat exchangers

Capital cost correlations are given for heat exchangers and furnaces. Correlations available in the literature and current data are compared on a consistent basis. Forty-six graphs show the relative magnitude of the different correlations and the recommended correlation for each type of equipment is summarized in a table. Some data on the costs of installing heat exchange equipment are given.     

Evaluation of capital cost data: Heat exchangers

Capital cost correlations are given for heat exchangers and furnaces. Correlations available in the literature and current data are compared on a consistent basis. Forty-six graphs show the relative magnitude of the different correlations and the recommended correlation for each type of equipment is summarized in a table. Some data on the costs of installing heat exchange equipment are given.     

Evaluation of capital cost data: Offsite utilities (Supply)

Capital cost correlations are given for units supplying utilities: steam, refrigeration, cooling and treated water, electricity. Correlations available in the literature and current data are compared on a consistent basis. Thirty-two graphs show the relative magnitudes of the different correlations, and the recommended correlation for each type of equipment is given. Some factors are given on the costs of installing the package units.     

Performance of a venturi jet scrubber for H2S removal by iron-complex solution

Venturi jet scrubbers are widely used in chemical industries as an efficient gas-liquid contacting equipment. They are simple in design, have no moving parts, operate with circulating liquid and are reliable in service. Moreover, due to high relative velocity of liquid and gas, considerable overall mass transfer can be produced. In spite of their wide application, readily usable design data are not available in literature, particularly for units producing a gas flow by their own pumping action. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the equipment and its application for H₂S removal. The effects of various parameters such as gas and liquid flow rates as well as pressure on hydrodynamics and mass transfer performance of the equipment are investigated. Results of experiments have been shown graphically.     

Analysis of Flow Patterns in High‐Gravity Equipment Using Gamma‐Ray Computed Tomography

The capacity of today's gas‐liquid contacting equipment such as tray or packed columns is limited by the gravitational‐driven liquid flow. Intensified equipment applying centrifugal force offers great potential for enhancing the mass transfer and for reducing equipment size. Yet, detailed knowledge about the liquid flow inside rotating packings is scarce due to limited accessibility with conventional measurement systems. In this study, a gamma‐ray computed tomography is employed to quantify the liquid hold‐up and its distribution in the moving packing.     

Evaluation of capital cost data. part 7: Liquid waste disposal with emphasis on physical treatment

Capital cost correlations are given for oil-water separators, equalization basins, primary clarifiers, clarifiers and clarifier mechanisms, reverse osmosis unit, ultrafiltration units, gravity filters and miroscreens. Data are included for raw sewage, intermediate and recirculation pumping stations and for preliminary treatment (or bar screens, grit removal, overflow and bypass chamber and Parshall flume), for grit removal, comminution and gas stripping. The correlations are accurate to ± 30%, expressed in Canadian dollars and adjusted to a Marshall and Swift value of 1000. Details as to what components are included in the cost are given. Data are given for the labour and material costs to create a working process module. For inflation indices, a critique of the Engineering News Record, EPA small city, Marshall and Swift, Chemical Engineering and Southam inflation indices suggested that the Marshall and Swift index is most appropriate for the construction and process equipment studied here. Concerning the currency exchange, for the equipment and processes in this study, equipment costs the same whether expressed directly in US or Canadian dollars. To put the current data into perspective, several hundred sources of cost data were analyzed. The major correlations are compared, on a consistent basis, with current data.     

Evaluation of capital cost data: Drives

Capital cost correlations are given for electric and gasoline motors, steam, gas and combustion-gas driven turbines, power transmission units and power converters. Correlations available in the literature and current data are compared on a consistent basis. Thirty-eight graphs show the relative magnitudes of the different correlations and the recommended correlation for each type of equipment is summarized in a table.     

Evaluation of capital cost data: Onsite utilities (industrial gases)

Capital cost correlations with capacity or with total investment are given for units supplying onsite industrial gases: compressed air, oxygen, nitrogen, inert atmospheres, high purity hydrogen, synthesis gas, ozone and acetylene. Costs are also given for units to remove carbon dioxide and water from gas streams. Correlations available in the literature and current data are compared. Graphs show the relative magnitudes of the different correlations, and the recommended correlation for each type of equipment is given. Some unit usages are given for producing some of the gases.     

Study of mass transfer in a centrifugal film apparatus

Mass transfer data are presented for absorption of oxygen in a centrifugal film apparatus. The apparatus was designed to exclude the formation of foam by gas dispersion in liquid. Cells and micro-organisms are not subjected to high shear stress. Therefore, this equipment can be applied in fermentation processes. In the present work, experimental data and correlations were obtained on splitting of the liquid film and oxygen absorption into the film through a spiral ridge formed on the conical surface. The performance of the apparatus is found to be equivalent to those of other types of absorbers.     

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS FOR ESTIMATION OF DRAG COEFFICIENT,SHAPE DEFORMATION,AND RISING VELOCITY OF GAS BUBBLES OR LIQUID DROPS

Some new correlations are derived to estimate the drag coefficient, the shape deformation, and the rising velocity of particles moving in an infinite liquid medium. The correlations are derived in terms of the dimensionless groups such as Reynolds number (Re), Morton number (Mo), and Weber number (We). The derivations are based on the experimental data or some other correlations given in the literature. A single statement is proposed to estimate the drag coefficient for the spherical solid particles that may be applicable in the range of 0.5 < Re < 10⁵. Similarly, some other equations are also derived to estimate the drag coefficient, the shape deformation, or the rising velocity for gas bubbles or liquid drops. The drag equation is applicable in the range of 0.5 < Re < 100 and 9 × 10^?7 ≤ Mo ≤ 7; the shape deformation equation is applicable in the range of 0.5 < Re < 100 and 1.1 × 10^?5 ≤ Mo ≤ 7; and the rising velocity equation is applicable in the range of 0.1 < Re < 100 and 9 × 10^?7 ≤ Mo ≤ 80. The model predictions are compared with the experimental data and with the other correlations given in the literature. The results indicated that the model predictions are in a good agreement with the literature data.     

Estimation of liquid film mass transfer coefficients for randomly packed absorption columns

Empirical and theoretical correlations, published since 1940 are reported which predict liquid film mass transfer coefficients in packed columns. Brief comments on the usefulness of the equations are given together with the range of operating variables, where available. Dimensional constants in the empirical correlations have been recalculated for the cases where the original values were not in SI units.     

Particle Separation in Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor: Applications and Opportunities

Different solid/liquid separation techniques for particle separation after a moving bed biofilm reactor are discussed. Conventional technologies such as sedimentation, floatation, and depth filtration are reviewed based on reports and articles in the literature. Optimal operating parameters that lead to satisfactory solids removal rates were given for each technology. Disc and membrane filtration are also discussed as relatively new technologies that offer advanced solids separation process. The potential of membrane separation, especially submerged membrane reactors (sMBR), were found and they are therefore proposed as a good alternative to conventional solid/liquid separation technologies. The nature and characteristics of the biofilm process also opens for a variety of possible configurations of submerged MBR that could be employed for advanced treatment of effluent from a moving bed biofilm process.     

Mathematical Modeling of a Continuous Vibrating Fluidized Bed Dryer for Grain

A mathematical model for the drying of grain in a continuous vibrating fluidized bed dryer was developed. Simple equipment and material models were applied to describe the process. In the plug-flow equipment model, a thin layer of particles moving forward and well mixed in the direction of the gas flow was examined. Mass and heat transfer within a single wet particle was described by effective transport coefficients. Assuming constant effective mass transport coefficient and thermal conductivity, analytical solutions of the mass and energy balances were obtained. The variation in both transport coefficients along the dryer was taken into account by a stepwise application of the analytical solution in space intervals with averaged coefficients from previous locations in the dryer. Calculation results were in fairly good agreement with experimental data from the literature. However, the results depend strongly on relationships used to determine the heat and mass transfer coefficients; because the results from correlations found in the literature vary considerably, the correlations should be adapted to the specific equipment in order to obtain reliable results.     

Isothermal flow of viscous liquids in corotating twin screw devices

A mathematical model is derived for isothermal flow of a Newtonian liquid through corotating twin screw equipment. Two different flow regimes are studied. In the first, channels of twin screw equipment are completely filled with liquid, generate a pressure gradient, and provide a discharge pressure at the end of the pump. Equations are given for drag flow rate, pressure backflow rate, and flow rate through the nip zone. It is shown how the analysis of single screw pumps can be modified for twin-screw pumps. In the second regime channels are partly full, which is the case with extraction equipment. Equations show how the degree of fill in the equipment changes with flow rate, speed, and dimensions.     

Miniaturisierte Messzellenversuche als potenzielles Auslegungswerkzeug für Kolonnen mit strukturierten Packungen

Structured‐packing columns are widely used equipment for distillation and absorption processes in the chemical industry. For a highly promising design approach using miniaturized experimental setups, the design and evaluation of two developed miniaturized experimental setups is presented. The miniaturized experimental setups are meant to define characteristic parameters of fluid dynamics. Results of the liquid holdup from both setups are compared against existing correlations and measurements in a pilot plant.     

Knowledge of thermodynamic properties for natural gas processing

On the way from the well to the final user natural gas is treated for various purposes. The engineer responsible for the selection, the calculation and the optimization of the processes taking place in these operations and the engineer in charge of the operation of the plant need information about the thermodynamic properties of the materials, especially the gaseous and liquid mixtures. The required information can be found in publications, handbooks or electronic data banks or it can be calculated with theoretically derived and/or empirically fitted correlations. However, all the information is based on the results of experimental work. A review is given on various experimental methods and on equipment applied at ITR for the investigation and measurement of thermophysical properties, such as, caloric properties, transport properties, gas solubilities, vapour-liquid, liquid-liquid and solid-liquid equilibria, as well as fluid dynamics and mass transfer in high pressure gas scrubbers.     

NUSSELT NUMBER FOR DIRECT CONTACT EVAPORATION OF A MOVING ELLIPSOIDAL DROP IN AN IMMISCIBLE LIQUID

Since Sideman et al.^[1] derived an analytical solution of the Nusselt number for a spherical drop in the direct contact evaporation in an immiscible liquid, many researchers have performed theoretical research on this field under different assumptions [2]-[6]. However drops moving in another immiscible liquid do not take a spherical form, but oblate form, which may be well approximated as an ellipsoid. This paper establishes the mathematical model of heat transfer for a moving ellipsoidal drop in an immiscible liquid, and presents results from numerical calculation. The relationship of the Nusselt number with the Weber number and the Peclet number is given, which is suitable for a relatively large range of We and Pe. The theoretical results for the Nusselt number show good agreement with experimental data. Some important conclusions are obtained.     

Packed extraction columns: A review of correlations for maximum throughput

A considerable amount of experimental data on maximum flow rates of countercurrently flowing liquid phases in packed columns has been published and a number of correlations for flooding velocities have been proposed. In the present paper various correlations are tested, using the same set of experimental results selected according to plausible criteria. The results of the test are presented in a consistent manner. Reasons why the result arrived at in this review differ from the recommendation given in Reference 10 are discussed.     

精馏塔板上气液相界面积的测量与预测

利用现代的电子光学测试仪器和计算机图像处理技术较准确地测量了精馏塔板上鼓泡液体中气泡的粒径分布和相界面积.同时，还从理论上分析了湍流液体中气泡变形与破碎的机理，提出了预测气液相界面积的多相湍流动力学模型.模拟计算结果与实验测量数据的比较证明，此模型有较高的准确性，而且形式简单，应用方便.