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    The document describes the wetted wall column experiment setup and procedure. The wetted wall column is used to study mass transfer and obtain data on the equilibrium between components in different phases. It involves a thin film of liquid falling down the inside of a vertical pipe while gas flows upward. Measurement of the evaporation rate allows calculating the mass transfer coefficient. The summary provides an overview of the purpose and basic process of the wetted wall column experiment.

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    EngineersGuide

    WettedWallColumnExperimentandSetUP
    Wettedwallcolumnisusedtostudydistillation,gasabsorptionandvaporizationoperationofvariouschemicalsystems,toobtaindataandcorrelation
    between components present in different phases which exist in equilibrium condition during the operation.The experiments of wetted wall column
    providedatafordesignofseparationoperations.

    Aimofwettedwallcolumnexperiment:
    EvaluationofMassTransfercoefficientinawettedwallcolumn

    Objective:Theratesofdiffusionintogasesflowingthroughpipesarestudiedinwettedwallcolumn.

    Principle/Theory:
    Athinfilmofliquidfallingdowntheinsideofaverticalpipethroughwhichthegasflows,constitutesawettedwallcolumn.Wettedwall
    columnshavebeenusedasabsorbersforHydrochloricacid,Ammonia,Acetone,Benzeneandothervolatileliquids.Theyhavealsobeenstudiedfor
    theoreticalstudiesformasstransferbecausetheinterfacialsurfacebetweenthephasesiskeptundercontrolandismeasurable.
    The height of wetted wall column required for mass transfer operations is excessive and consequently this is not widely used, where large
    quantities of liquid or gas have to be handled, it would be necessary to arrange many vertical pipes in parallel and this leads to difficulties in the
    distributionofliquidintotheinnersurfaceofthetubes.Thegaspressuredropforthisisconfinedtoskinfrictioneffects,withfewornoexpansionor
    contractionlosses
    .
    Masstransferratesforfluidsflowingthroughpipeshavebeenstudiedmorecompletelythanothercases.
    Theratesofdiffusionintogasesflowingthroughpipeshavebeenstudiedinwettedwallcolumns.

    Avolatileliquidissubmittedtoflowdowntheinsidesurfaceofacirculartube,whileagasflowsupwardordownwardthroughthecenterofthepipe.
    Measurement of the rate of evaporation of a liquid into the gas stream over known surface permits calculation of mass transfer coefficient for the
    diffusion of vapor into gas stream. Since the liquid is pure, the concentration gradient for diffusion exists entirely within the gas phase , the mass
    transfercoefficientKgmaybecalculated.SherwoodandGillardconductedaseriesofexperimentsusingavarietyofvolatileliquidswithairinturbulent
    flow.
    HerethemasstransfercoefficientintheformofdimensionlessgroupareplottedagainsttheReynoldsnumberofthegasforthesystemair
    water(Sc=60).Forgases,valuesofRefrom2000to35,000werecoveredandfrom0.6to2.5withgaspressuresvaryingfrom0.1to3atm.
    Theequationwhichdescribesallthedataforbothliquidandgasflowis
    (K G d/DW(PBM/P)(K ld/D)=0.023Re0.83Sc1/3
    Thisempiricalrelationisquiteremarkableinthemannerinwhichitgenerallyconfirmstherelationshipbetweenheatmassandmomentumtransfer
    developedtheoretically.However,theevaporationofthevolatileliquidsinawettedwallcolumnresultsincoolingoftheliquidsandconsequent
    simultaneousheattransferbetweenliquidandgas.Theheattransferratesaregivenbytheequation
    hd/k=0.023Re0.8Pr0.3
    Owingtoripplesandwavesontheliquidsurface.
    InterphaseMassTransfer
    Equipmentused:WettedWallcolumnunit,Humiditymeter
    Materialused:Water
    EXPERIMENTALPROCEDURE:
    1.Waterisfedtothecolumnatarateatwhichcompletewettingwithaminimumofripplesformationisvisible.
    2.Theblowerisstartedandminimumflowofairismaintained.
    3.Afterabout5minutes,whensteadystateconditionreaches,thehumidityofairatinletandoutletaredeterminedbythereadingsofthewetand
    drybulbthermometersandbytheuseofapsychometricchart.
    4.Waterflowratesandinletandoutlettemperaturesarenoted.
    5.Vaporpressureofwateratdifferentwatertemperaturesiscalculated.
    6.CalculationsaremadeatdifferentflowratesandvaluesofKgVsN Reareplottedonaloglogscale.

    OBSERVATIONS:
    S.No
    Airflowrate
    fromM2Qalpm

    Waterflowrate
    Qwlpm

    Airtemperature
    Inlet
    Td1tw1

    Outlet
    Td2tw2

    Water
    temperature0C
    T1T2

    AirPDmmH 20
    acrossorifice
    M1M2

    1
    2

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    Lengthofthetube=
    Diameteroftube=
    Fromthereadings,Td1,tw1andTd2,tw2andfromapsychometricchart,
    Partialpressureofwatervaporatinlet=P1KN/m2
    Partialpressureofwateratoutlet=PBKN/m2

    DATAANALYSIS:
    MeanairpressureincolumnPt=PB*(P1/2)X1000/13600*1.013*100/760KN/m2
    Airflowrate=
    9.22XSQRTP2/106kgmoles/sec
    Drivingforceatinletofair=pW1=PW1pw1
    Where,
    pw1=purecomponentvaporpressureofwateratoutletwatertempT1
    PW1=Partialpressureofwateratbottom
    Drivingforceatoutletofair
    pW1=PW2pw2
    where,
    pw1=purecomponentvaporpressureofwateratoutletwatertempT2
    PW2=Partialpressureofwateratthetopofcolumn
    Pwm=(pW1pW2)/ln(pW1/pW2)
    Amountofwaterevaporated
    NW=QA*(pw2/Ptpw1/Pt)
    IntermsofmasstransfercoefficientKg,therateofmasstransferisgivenby
    Nw=KG*A*Pwm
    whereA=DLm2whered=i.dofcolumnandL=Effectivelengthofcolumn
    Foreachflowrateofair,Kgcanbecalculated.
    Pam=(Ptpw1)(PtPw2)/ln(Ptpw1/PtPw2)isalsocalculated
    ToplotGillardcorrelation,Kg*(d/DW)*(Pam/Pt)*(ADw/air)0.44
    WhereDw=diffusivityofwatervaporinair=0.13X104m2/sec
    air=viscosityofair=1.85X103kg/m/sec
    Nre=dG/air=d.QA.AC/air
    Ac =crosssectionareaofcolumn
    d=diameterofcolumn

    Kg*(d/DW)*(Pam/Pt)*(ADw/air)0.44VsN reisplottedonaloglogsclae.
    Thisvalueiscomparedwithreportedvalues.
    RESULTS:
    Reportedvalue=

    Calculatedvalue=
    The above setup is used to calculate experimental mass transfer coefficient of the liquid
    and gas system at different temperature and different flow rates of course the main
    application of wetted wall is to determine the data of the gas and liquid mass transfer
    coefficient.
    Blower is provided with two valves at suction so that when the studies are focused on
    vaporsofchemicalsubstancewhichare

    WettedWallColumnSetUp

    DehraDun
    Lucknow

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    stored in a storage vessel and the vapors from the vessel are sucked by the blower and passed into the column or if the vapors are required to be
    mixedwithairthananoptionatthedischargelineoftheblowerwhichisfacilitatedwithnozzlehelpsinmixingthevaporwithair.
    Aheaterisprovidedatthedischargelinetosupplyheattothevapororairtomaintainthetemperatureofthesystemandwholepipelineisinsulatedto
    preventloss,byusingtherotameter,flowrateofthevaporcanbecontrolled.

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