Abstract (EN):
The phenomenon of dispersion (transverse and
longitudinal) in packed beds is summarized and reviewed
for a great deal of information from the literature.
Dispersion plays an important part, for example, in
contaminant transport in ground water flows, in miscible
displacement of oil and gas and in reactant and
product transport in packed bed reactors. There are
several variables that must be considered, in the analysis
of dispersion in packed beds, like the length of the
packed column, viscosity and density of the fluid, ratio
of column diameter to particle diameter, ratio of column
length to particle diameter, particle size distribution,
particle shape, effect of fluid velocity and effect of temperature
(or Schmidt number). Empirical correlations
are presented for the prediction of the dispersion coefficients
(DT and DL) over the entire range of practical
values of Sc and Pem, and works on transverse and
longitudinal dispersion of non-Newtonian fluids in
packed beds are also considered.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
32