MASS TRANSFER FROM SINGLE GAS BUBBLE - A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

A comparative study on the experimental techniques which have been used for the study of mass transfer from single gas bubble was made. The instantaneous mass transfer rates from a single carbon dioxide bubble rising through quiescent liquid medium (water) were measured using two different methods. For the first method, two movie cameras were placed on a moving platform along perpendicular directions and were used to record the position and size change of the bubble. The second method measured the mass transfer rates by recording the pressure changes in the free space at top of the bubble column, which was caused by the change of bubble size. The instantaneous mass transfer coefficients determined by either method exhibited wide scattering which is typical of work of this kind. Discussions are given on the relative merits of these two methods. Copyright © 1969 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering