ZHANG Haocui, YUE Jun, CHEN Guangwen, et al. Mass transfer behaviors in process of chemical absorption of CO2 in falling film microreactors[J]. CIESC Journal, 2010, (3): 635-641.
ZHANG Haocui, YUE Jun, CHEN Guangwen, et al. Mass transfer behaviors in process of chemical absorption of CO2 in falling film microreactors[J]. CIESC Journal, 2010, (3): 635-641.DOI:
Gas phase mass transfer in falling film microreactors (FFMRs) with the absorption of CO2 into aqueous solutions of NaOH was investigated. The overall gas-phase mass transfer coefficient increases with NaOH concentration
but decreases as the concentration of CO2 increases. There exists an entrance effect
hindering the mass transfer
which is caused by the dead volume for gas-phase flow in the gas chamber in FFMRs. The entrance effect has a larger impact in a shorter FFMR owing to the relatively large dead volume with respect to that of gas chamber. A decrease in the depth of gas chamber facilitates the mass transfer process. Therefore
the gas-phase entrance or geometry of the gas chamber should be designed appropriately to reduce the entrance effect and improve the mass transfer.