Oxygen transfer in three-phase airlift and stirred tank reactors using silicone oil as transfer vector
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The use of organic liquids as vectors to enhance mass transfer has been applied since the 1970s. However, mass transfer in three-phase reactors is only partially understood. This paper aimed to characterize oxygen transfer in three-phase reactors containing air as gas, silicone oil as vector andwater as aqueous phase. Amass transfermodel that considers separately air/vector, vector/water and air/water oxygen transfers was developed. The model was used to describe oxygen transfer in airlift and stirred tank reactors containing from 0 to 50% of silicone oil. Under the experimental conditions, silicone oil had a positive effect on the overall oxygen transfer. In both reactor designs, the maximum overall oxygen transfer was observed with 10% silicone oil which was increased by 65 and 84% in the airlift and stirred reactor, respectively, compared to reactors operated without silicone oil. The overall transfer increase wasmainly due to an enhanced air/water transfer.With 10% silicone oil, the air/water contribution to the overall oxygen transfer was 94.7 and 93.0% for the airlift and stirred reactor, respectively. 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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