AIChE Journal, Vol.42, No.11, 3146-3152, 1996
Characteristics of a New Gas-Induced Reactor
newly developed gas-induced reactor for gas-liquid heterogeneous reactions presented here has no baffle on the inner wall of the rank body. inside the reactor tank, two in-series 45 degrees pitched blade downward turbines enclosed by a draft tube were employed. As the turbines rotate at high speeds, a central gas vortex is formed downwardly along the central shaft from the free surface of the liquid toward the upper turbine. The gas is then induced by the upper turbine and mixes with the input gas. After that, the mixed gas is broken into bubbles by the lower turbine and dispersed through the liquid vortex. With the formation of gas and liquid vortexes, the reactive gas was able to circulate in the liquid phase to achieve high gas utilization. The experimental studies were on the heterogeneous ozonation reaction of a reactive dye (C.I. Reactive Blue 19). Major experimental parameters, such as impeller speed, input concentration of ozone, input flow rate of ozone and liquid volume, were changed to investigate the characteristics of the gas-induced reactor. This gas-induced reactor achieved high gas utilization ratio, short reaction time, and high recovery of the unreactive gas.