Measurement and Prediction of Interfacial Area on a DistiIlation Tray

In this paper the modern electron-optical equipment is used to translate the clear image of speed-moving bubbles in bubbling liquid on a sieve tray into the digital information stored in computer, and the computer-aided image-processing technique is utilized to measure the bubble size distributions and interfacial areas under various operating conditions. And the dynamic behavior of bubbles in turbulent liquid is analyzed theoretically; the mechanism of bubble deformation and breakage is explored on the basis of Kolmogoroff′s isotropic turbulence hypothesis; the mathematical model for predicting the gas-liquid interfacial area is proposed. The comparison between the simulated results and the experimental data shows that the model is higher in accuracy, simple in form and convenient in use.