The axial mixing in the liquid phase of a gas‐liquid flow through a packed column was studied with air and water flowing counter‐currently in a 1.33 ft. diameter column with 1/2‐in. Raschig rings.
The results for bubble flow (liquid continuous) indicate that liquid staging corresponds to about one ideal mixing stage per foot in the range of flow rates investigated. An approximate correlation for the axial diffusion coefficient has been established.
In trickle operation strong tailing was found. This could be explained from exchange between the main stream and a static liquid hold‐up.