136 Foam Fractionation: Principles and Process Design
throughput. Thus, all the calculations related to sizing the diameter of a
foam fractionation column can be done using the one-dimensional theories
described in Chapter 3 and then the actual column diameter is determined
by the required throughput. That being said, it is unfortunate that this
approach has not seen much adoption within the foam fractionation com-
munity, which makes the comparison of different-sized columns used by
various researchers for various systems rather difcult. Additionally, even
in the studies dedicated to column dimensions (Wood and Tran, 1966; Kown,
1971), the total volumetric gas and liquid owrates were used as the control
parameters. The effects observed a ...