Efficiency of air sparger to remove CO2 from brine
Efficiency of air sparger to remove CO2 from brine
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Can anyone offer any practical experience or test data on the likely performance I'll get if I sparge air into a tank containing brine that has dissolved CO2 in it?





RE: Efficiency of air sparger to remove CO2 from brine
m777182
RE: Efficiency of air sparger to remove CO2 from brine
Regards,
Stuart
RE: Efficiency of air sparger to remove CO2 from brine
m777182
RE: Efficiency of air sparger to remove CO2 from brine
We already have the tanks, acting as head tanks in the brine distribution system and they're just empty, unheated atmospheric tanks. The brine spec is changing in the future which will mean it will have more dissolved CO2 in it. The hope is that by sparging air in we can remove this extra CO2 which would have a negative effect on some parts of the subsequent processes. So the tanks exist, but any spargers would be new. Brine scales equipment so we hope to make the holes as big as possible but as you say hole size and efficiency will act against each other - the question is, how much!
I've found reference to the book - it was published in 1970 but seems to be no longer in print unless someone other then McGraw-Hill now print it. Maybe I'll find a secondhand copy.