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Prediction of operating range of rotor speeds for rotating disc contactors
(1985) Kamath, M.S.; Subba, Rau, M.G.
This paper reports on the optimum range of rotor speeds for the operation of Rotating Disc Contactors (RDC). New information based on experimental investigations is presented regarding the existence of a second critical rotor speed which divides the varying characteristic velocity region into rapidly varying and gradually varying characteristic velocity regions of the dispersed phase droplets. New modifications to the reported generalised correlations for the prediction of characteristic velocity at all rotor speeds under conditions of no solute transfer as well as solute transfer between dispersed and continuous phases are suggested. Copyright 1985 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
The effects of sulphuric acid concentration and the sequential layup of glass fibre reinforcements on the diffusion behaviour of glass epoxy composite laminates were studied. In all, composites of six different resin systems viz., general purpose polyester, bis phenol-A polyester, vinyl ester, LY 556 epoxy, and MY 750 epoxy resins, reinforced with different layup sequencing consisting of chopped strand mat (CSM) and woven roving mat (WR) were exposed to sulphuric acid environments of different concentrations. The results of the study indicated that isophthalic polyester resin exhibited maximum resistance to sulphuric acid while general purpose polyester resin performed relatively inferior. The diffusion phenomenon became anamalous as the concentration of the sulphuric acid increased. Among the layup sequences considered, composite specimens with CSM as the skin layers exhibited higher weight gain than those with WR as the skin layers.
(SAGE Publications Ltd, Acid resistance of glass fibre composites with different layup sequencing: Part I-diffusion studies) Pai, R.; Kamath, M.S.; Rao, R.M.V.G.K.
1997
This paper reports on the optimum range of rotor speeds for the operation of Rotating Disc Contactors (RDC). New information based on experimental investigations is presented regarding the existence of a second critical rotor speed which divides the varying characteristic velocity region into rapidly varying and gradually varying characteristic velocity regions of the dispersed phase droplets. New modifications to the reported generalised correlations for the prediction of characteristic velocity at all rotor speeds under conditions of no solute transfer as well as solute transfer between dispersed and continuous phases are suggested. Copyright © 1985 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
(Prediction of operating range of rotor speeds for rotating disc contactors) Kamath, M.S.; Subba Rau, M.G.
1985