Department of Chemical Engineering

Granting Departments:	University of Palermo Department of Chemical Engineering
Study Programme/Specialization:	Chemical and Process Engineering ( in English language )
Supervisor:	prof. Dr. Ing. Tomáš Moucha

Annotation

The volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) plays a crucial role in industrial design in the case of the process controlled by gas–liquid mass transfer. Prediction of kLa is nowadays mostly based on literature correlations. Our research goal is to establish suitable kLa correlations for different types of devices that would be based on the experimental dataset. The PhD thesis aim at the comparison of various gas-liquid contactor types from the viewpoint of their mass transfer efficiency. The suitable correlations will be developed that would be viable for mechanically agitated gas–liquid contactors and also for pneumatically agitated gas–liquid contactors such as airlift reactor.