TY  - JOUR
TI  - Enhancement of entrainment rates in liquid-gas ejectors
N1  - cited By 24
AV  - none
ID  - scholars1164
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77958153650&doi=10.1016%2fj.cep.2010.08.014&partnerID=40&md5=f8b52ab34ba387fe3c65e6f1e57767e2
VL  - 49
EP  - 1135
Y1  - 2010///
A1  - Rahman, F.
A1  - Umesh, D.B.
A1  - Subbarao, D.
A1  - Ramasamy, M.
KW  - Air entrainment rate; Air inlet; Bioprocesses; Different geometry; Discharge coefficients; Ejector; Entrainment rates; Gas entrainment; Liquid flow rates; Water inlets
KW  -  Air ejectors; Air intakes; Atomizers; Bubble columns; Dispersions; Ejectors (pumps); Fluid dynamics; Liquids; Multiphase flow; Nozzles
KW  -  Air entrainment
JF  - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification
SN  - 02552701
N2  - Ejectors are widely used as effective distributors in many chemical and bioprocess industries. Gas entrainment rate as a function of liquid flow rate in ejectors is investigated using nozzles of different geometries. The data are analyzed through macro-energy balance for each phase considering air and water inlet line discharge coefficients. Nozzles with smaller discharge coefficients are effective in producing higher vacuum and hence higher entrainment rates. It has been observed that the factor limiting the air entrainment rate is the low discharge coefficient in the air inlet line. Higher air inlet line discharge coefficients can increase the entrainment rate. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
IS  - 10
SP  - 1128
ER  -