In flotation process, the efficiency and selectivity depend on mineralogy, particle size distribution liberation, reagents added, mixing, coverage. However, kinetics of recovery is highly dependent cell hydrodynamic circuit configuration operational strategy. Controlling froth depth gas flow rate, measured as superficial velocity, a straightforward alternative related to in collection zones. th...

Steady state multiphase flow models are used for the design and operation of pipelines that are used in the oil and gas industry. The predictions obtained with these models contain uncertainties, which arise from model assumptions and simplifications, and from uncertainties in the input parameters. In this thesis we investigate the effect of uncertainties in the input parameters (such as the wa...

In this study, the effect of operating parameters on dispersed phase holdup in liquid-liquid extraction process has been investigated. Three chemical systems (Toluene/Water, Butyl acetate/Water, and n-Butanol/Water) were utilized and holdup was considered in a wide range of interfacial tensions through a Scheibel extraction column. Various rotor speeds were examined on the certain velocities of...

Almost all available literature correlations to predict the volumetric gas /liquid mass transfer coefficient, kLa in agitated reactors are systemsor operating conditions-dependent. In this study, two back-propagation neural networks (BPNNs), one dimensional and one dimensionless were developed to correlate kLa for numerous gas /liquid systems in both surface-aeration reactors (SAR) and gas-indu...

The vortex-ingesting stirred tank reactor uses a combination of a helical screw impeller and concentric draft-tube to entrain and recycle headspace gas and disperse it as bubbles in a liquid reaction solvent. This study presents an experimental characterisation of a 0.29 m diameter vortex-ingesting gas-liquid stirred reactor, operated with solids mass fractions from 0 to 25%, over a range of sp...