Integrated evaporation-condensation process of binary liquid mixture separation

Abstract

Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Malta, 16-18 July, 2012.

The effects of heat and mass transfer on selectivity and mass fluxes in falling film evaporation of binary mixture on vertical surface, in the presence of inerts in gas (air, helium) and liquid (glycol) phase were investigated. The mathematical model of the process with different simplifying assumptions concerning heat and mass transfer was elaborated. In numerical calculations mass transfer resistances both in gas and liquid phases were considered. Experimental study was performed for 2-ipropanol-water system in the wide range of concentrations and temperatures. The comparison shows small effect of diffusional cross effects on mass transfer and selectivity.