Piping the Concentrate

The range of concentrations of air pollutants that can be removed efficiently is from 0.01 ppm to 10 ppm. These concentrations range from those present typically in the atmosphere to those in highway tunnels. However, at the end of an automobile s exhaust pipe, the concentration of pollutants is higher than 100 ppm. Therefore, attaching Ti02 directly to the car exhaust system does not seem to be a good idea. This is better handled by a catalytic converter. 

Newitt et al. (1962) conducted speed measurements of a slurry mixture in a horizontal pipe. In the case of light Plexiglas pipe, zircon or fine sand did not result in local slip particles and water moved at the same speed. However, for coarse sand and gravel, they observed asymmetric suspension and a sliding bed. They also observed that in the upper layers of the horizontal pipe, the concentrations of larger particles were the same as for finer soUds, but were marked by differences in the magnitude of the discharge rate of the lower layers. 

For this kind of case, a modification of the dilution method is being developed. Instead of using an external fixed-geometry measurement chamber, a suitable part of the process, e.g. a stretch of pipe, is used. A radiation detector is mounted on the outside of the pipe, and a tracer emitting sufficiently hard gamma radiation is used. As sufficient mixing can be achieved by injecting upstream the separator the radiation level found will be strictly proportional to the concentration and thus inversely proportional to the true flow rate. 

The method implies injection of a mixture of 3 radioactive tracers each being distributed into one of the 3 phases. The tracers must show such differences in the emitting y-radiation energy spectra that they can be simultaneously detected by on line y-spectrometry. Candidate tracers are Br-82 as bromobenzene for oil, Na-24 or La-140 for water, and Kr-85 for gas. The tracers are injected simultaneously at a constant rate into the flow in the pressurised pipe, and the concentration is detected as series of instantaneous measurements taken downstream as illustrated in figure 2. 

In situ measurement of the concentration of radioactive tracers in the different phases requires that the phases are separated and arranged according to density difference over the measurement cross section in a horizontal pipe. In general, the measurements are performed with two spectral gamma radiation detectors placed on top and bottom of the pipe respectively. 

Concentrate each of the two solutions (or eluates) to about 20 ml, by distilling off the greater part of the benzene, the distilling-flask being immersed in the boiling water-bath. Then pour the concentrated solution into an evaporating-basin, and evaporate the remaining benzene (preferably in a fume-cupboard) in the absence of free flames, i.e., on an electrically heated water-bath, or on a steam-bath directly connected to a steam-pipe. Wash the dry residue from the first eluate with petrol and then dry it in a desiccator pure o-nitroaniline, m.p. 72°, is obtained. Wash the second residue similarly with a small quantity of benzene and dry pure />--nitroaniline, m.p. 148" , is obtained. Record the yield and m.p. of each component. 

Doppler Flow Meters. Doppler flow meters sense the shift in apparent frequency of an ultrasonic beam as it is reflected from air bubbles or other acoustically reflective particles that ate moving in a Hquid flow. It is essential for operation that at least some particles ate present, but the concentration can be low and the particles as small as ca 40 p.m. CaUbration tends to be influenced by particle concentration because higher concentrations result in mote reflections taking place neat the wall, in the low velocity portion of the flow profile. One method used to minimize this effect is to have separate transmitting and receiving transducers focused to receive reflections from an intercept zone neat the center of the pipe. 

Particle Attrition. Distributor jets are a potential source of particle attrition. Particles are swept into the jet, accelerated to a high velocity, and smash into other particles as they leave. To reduce attrition at distributors, a shroud or larger-diameter pipe is often added concentric to the jet hole, as shown in Figure 15. The required length of the concentric shroud is given by the relation... 

In the fumace/ketde batch process, a charge of drossed blast furnace buUion is treated in a reverberatory furnace or a kettie (see Fig. 12). Oxygen is supphed in the form of compressed air or as lead oxide blown into the bath through submerged pipes. The formation of lead oxide serves by mass action to assure the removal of the impurities to the desired low concentrations. The softening reactions are... 

Pipe and Tubing. A typical die for extmding tubular products is shown in Figure 4. It is an in-line design, ie, the center of the extmded pipe is concentric with the extmder barrel. The extmdate is formed into a tube by the male and female die parts. The male die part is supported in the center by a spider mandrel. Melt flows around legs of the mandrel and meets on the downstream side. The position of the female die part can be adjusted with bolts adjustment is requited to obtain a tube with a uniform wall thickness. 

Generally, the concentration of antimony in the air varies from 1 x 10 mg/m to 170 x 10 mg/m and can be as high as 1000 x 10 mg/m neat antimony processing faciHties (33). Because of the stabiHty of antimony in aqueous systems, the concentration of dissolved antimony in fivers is very small (about 5 ppb antimony). Also, despite the fact that antimony is in the solder used in water pipes, it does not appear to dissolve in the drinking water. 

In another land of ideal flow reactor, all portions of the feed stream have the same residence time that is, there is no mixing in the axial direction but complete mixing radially. It is called a.plugflow reactor (PFR), or a tubular flow reactor (TFR), because this flow pattern is characteristic of tubes and pipes. As the reaction proceeds, the concentration falls off with distance. 

A thickener has several basic components a tank to contain the slurry, feed piping and a feedwell to allow the feed stream to enter the tank, a rake mechanism to assist in moving the concentrated sohds to the withdrawal points, an underflow solids-withdrawal system, and an overflow launder. The basic design of a bridge-supported thickener mechanism is illustrated in Fig. 18-86. 

In two stage units, it is often economical to distill more gas oil in the vacuum stage and less in the atmospheric stage than the maximum attainable. Gas formed in the atmospheric tower bottoms piping at high temperatures tends to overload the vacuum system and thereby to reduce the capacity of the vacuum tower. The volume of crude vaporized at the flash zone is approximately equal to the total volume of distillate products. Of course, the vapor at this point contains some undesirable heavy material and the liquid still contains some valuable distillate products. The concentration of heavy ends in the vapor is reduced by contact with liquid on the trays as the vapor passes up the tower. This liquid reflux is induced by removing heat farther up in the tower. 

The concentration of gas ions significantly influences the particle-charging process. The high ion concentration is essential for the effective charging of fine particles. The distribution of ion concentration in a pipe-type electrostatic precipitator can be approximated by using the equations presented in the previous section. 

Let us then consider an arbitrarily selected point in a pipe in winch gas and solid particles are flowing. The flow of the mixture of gas and solid parti cles need not be homogeneous, i.e., the concentration of particles may vary across the cross-section of the pipe. This means that the mixture ratio p. should generally be regarded as a function of position in the pipe, and therefore the definition, Eq. (14.1), should be replaced by... 

Gombnstible concentration reduction can also be used to prevent deflagrations and detonations in process equipment and piping. The combustible concentration is reduced below the lower flammable limit (LFL) by means of ventilation (air dilution). 

One of the simplest and cheapest types of heat exchanger is the concentric pipe arrangement known as the double-pipe heat exchanger. Such equipment can be made up from standard fittings and is useful where only a small heal transfer area is required. Several units can be connected in series to extend the capacity. ... 

Stainless steels Thin-walled stainless steel (Fe-18Cr-8Ni) tubes are now frequently used for domestic installations in place of copper pipe . Care is required, however, in the design of stainless steel equipment for use in waters with a high chloride content, or where the concentration can increase, since pitting attack may occur. It may also be susceptible to failure by stress-corrosion cracking under certain conditions. 

Example 5 A stainless steel pipe is to be used to convey an aerated reducing acid at high velocity. If the concentration of dissolved Oj is 10 mol dm (10 mol cm ) calculate whether or not the steel will corrode when (a) the acid is static, (b) the acid is moving at high velocity. Assume that the critical current density for passivation of the steel in the acid is 200/iAcm the thickness of the diffusion layer is 0-05 cm when the acid is static and 0-005 cm when the acid flows at a high velocity assume the diffusion coeffi-... 

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