Quantitative study of mixing in annular and raschig ring filled tanks
A quantitative study of mixing, which utilized the exit age distribution theory, has been completed for bench-scale annular and raschig ring filled tanks, in addition to a pilot-scale annular tank. A study of mixing and fluid flow in a full-scale, single-entry, raschig ring filled tank also was initiated. Results showed the bench-scale raschig ring filled tank approached plug-flow (no mixing) behavior. In a bench-scale annular tank, regardless of whether fluid entered tangentially or nontangentially, the vessel approached continuously stirred tank reactor behavior (perfect mixing). The pilot-scale annular tank approached continuously stirred tank reactor behavior only when tangential entry was used. Mixing in the full-scale raschig ring filled tank he tank did not approach eithr the perfect or the no mixing situations. Instead, the tank had a flow pattern in which solution channeled through a small volume of the tank, leaving the regions outside the channel effectively inactive.
- Research Organization:
- Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (United States). Rocky Flats Plant
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP03533
- OSTI ID:
- 5241075
- Report Number(s):
- RFP-2998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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