ABSORPTION OF AMMONIA BY MOVING DROPS OF WATER

A. P. Eremin,a G. V. Kotov,a
T. V. Sidorovich,b and S. P. Fisenkob

UDC 621.5.013.4

Laboratory experiments were carried out and a theoretical 
description of the absorption of gaseous ammonia by water drops has 
been suggested. A mathematical model takes into account the evaporative 
cooling of drops, Henry's law, and experimental data on the 
value of Henry's constant. A comparison between experimental 
and predicted results has been made. At a fixed flow rate of water 
it is shown that absorption increases with decrease in the radius 
of drops and their velocity.

aCommand-Engineering Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 
Republic of Belarus, 25 Mashinostroiteli 
Str., Minsk, 220118, Belarus; bA. V. Luikov 
Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of 
Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus; email: fsp@hmti.ac.by. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 3, 
pp. 36-42, May-June, 2007. Original article submitted May 25, 2006.