HYDRODYNAMIC STUDIES IN FISCHER-TROPSCH DERIVED WAXES IN A BUBBLE COLUMN Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Gas hold-up and Sauter mean bubble diameter measurements were made in a 0.051 m diameter by 3 m long glass bubble column in the system, nitrogen-molten wax, with three different waxes (paraffin wax FT-300, Sasols Arge wax and Mobils reactor wax). Paraffin wax has a tendency to foam and gas hold-up is a strong function of gas distributor type, temperature and start-up procedure, whereas the reactor waxes do not foam and are much less affected by these variables. In experiments at 265&C with a 1.85 mm single hole orifice plate distributor the gas hold-ups were nearly the same for all three waxes. However, significant differences in Sauter mean bubble diameters were obtained in experiments with different waxes; FT-300 wax produced the smallest Sauter mean bubble diameters whereas Mobils reactor wax produced the largest bubbles. Addition of 1-octadecanol and octadecanoic acid (up to 10wt%) to the FT-300 paraffin wax caused an increase in gas hold-up and a delav in the foam break-un in runs at 265C with the 1.85 mm orifice nlate distributor. 1987, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

  • BUKUR, D. B., PATEL, S. A., & MATHEO, R.

citation count

  • 20

complete list of authors

  • BUKUR, DB||PATEL, SA||MATHEO, R

publication date

  • October 1987