Article
Carbon Monoxide Mass Transfer in a Syngas Mixture
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
12-20-2006
DOI
10.1021/ie060655u
Abstract
A myoglobin assay for measuring concentrations of dissolved carbon monoxide (CO) from an artificial synthesis gas blend (20% CO, 18% CO2, 52% N2, and 10% H2) was utilized to determine volumetric CO−water mass-transfer rates in a 0.211-m-diameter stirred-tank reactor (STR). The data are well correlated using the power density and superficial gas velocity, but this correlation is valid only for this STR size. A gas−liquid scale-up model developed for dissolved oxygen mass-transfer rates using air was used to develop a CO−liquid scale-up model for syngas fermentation. The model is applicable in the STR hydrodynamic range associated with after-large-cavity (ALC) formation and assumed to hold for other STR sizes.
Copyright Owner
American Chemical Society
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Amir Kapic, Samuel T. Jones and Theodore J. Heindel. "Carbon Monoxide Mass Transfer in a Syngas Mixture" Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Vol. 45 Iss. 26 (2006) p. 950 - 9155 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/theodore_heindel/13/
Reprinted with permission from Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 45 (2006): 9150–9155, doi:10.1021/ie060655u. Copyright 2006 American Chemical Society.