Towards the Development of Advanced Packing Design for Distillation in Rotating Packed Beds

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2019-11-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Qammar, Hina  
Gładyszewski, Konrad  
Górak, Andrzej  
Skiborowski, Mirko  orcid-logo
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/7933
Journal
Chemie - Ingenieur - Technik  
Volume
91
Issue
11
Start Page
1663
End Page
1673
Citation
Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik 11 (91): 1663-1673 (2019-11-01)
Publisher DOI
10.1002/cite.201900053
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85074104816
The growing demand for flexible and compact separation technologies has promoted the application of high-gravity technology, like rotating packed beds (RPBs). Mass transfer characterization and packing design play an important role in the development of this technology. This article provides a systematic approach towards the evaluation of packing and the development of advanced packing design for distillation in RPBs. For the latter, an additive manufacturing approach is used to develop a new Zickzack packing for RPBs. The new packing provides better mass transfer at reduced pressure drop compared to available conventional packings, while being competitive in terms of mass transfer with the industrially applied rotating zigzag bed at significantly reduced pressure drop.
Subjects
3D printing
Distillation
Mass transfer and pressure drop
Packing design
Rotating packed bed