ENTRAINMENT AND EFFICIENCY STUDIES IN A SMALL DIAMETER BUBBLECAP PLATE COLUMN
Efficiency and entrainment studies were made in a 4inch diameter bubblecap plate column using a plate spacing of 4 inches. The plates contained one bubblecap each, and were designed so taat they could be easily inserted in a single length of 4 inch OD stainless steel tubing. An entrainment of 10% was obtained for the water-steam system at a column vapor velocity of 1.9 fps or a vapor mass rate of 255 pounds of steam per hour per square foot. This entraimnent value is gener ally accepted as the maximum allowable without impairing the plate efficiency appreciably. This low entrainment may be partly due to the small column diameter with the walls acting as entrainanent separators. The Murphree vapor plate efficiency, as measured for alcohol-water, was found to depend on the slope of the equilibrium line and the mass velocity factor V / sub v//sup 0.5/. An empirical equation was developed relating these factors. Fow low values of the slope of the equilibrium line (2 or less it was noted, that for practical purposes, the actual point efficiency on the plates was equal to the measured Murphree vapor plate efficiency regardless of the degree of mixing on the plate. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River, Project, Chalk River, Ont.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-012429
- OSTI ID:
- 4267517
- Report Number(s):
- CEI-48
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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