Tribochemical Purification of Gases. I. The Process Model
- 1 Mechemlab Ltd., Nesher, Israel
- 2 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- 3 Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Abstract
A mathematical model of the sorption process in a tribochemical reactor with a stirrer, where monolithic granules of alkali-earth metals mutually rub in the media of the flow gas, has been built. The products of reaction of the metal with the gas impurity are continuously removed mechanically from the surface of the granules, creating new metallic regions. As a result the total area of the sorbing surface appears to be by orders of magnitude larger than that of the traditional getter materials of the same mass in the existing sorption technologies. It follows from the model that the gas purification process obeys the linear law at a constant rotation speed of the stirrer. This dependence results in a great simplification of the process control. It also makes possible replacement of a periodic mode of operation by a continuous one where the sorption capacity of the consumed chemisorbent attains theoretical limit.
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