STUDY OF INTERFACIAL AREA IN RECTIFICATION OF TWO-COMPONENT MIXTURES

One of the main problems with tray rectification apparatuses is the kinetic studies of mass exchange, which are complicated due to difficulties in determining the volumetric interfacial area formed during the dispersion of the vapour phase in the liquid on the tray as well as the mixing of the liquid as it moves on the tray and the presence of impurities in the separated mixtures. The interfacial area is a major characteristic of the gas-liquid layer on the tray and directly affects the mass-transfer process. The present work aims to contribute to this area of study by proposing an experimental computational method for determining the volumetric interfacial area, . The method is only applicable for the studied laboratory single-sieve tray glass column.