Abstract
Surface transfer and bubble transfer both contribute significantly to oxygen transfer in a conventional aeration system. However, bubble transfer plays the primary role of oxygen transfer. In the present study, the mere surface transfer is replaced by directly contacting liquid film designed elegantly with air. Liquid film aeration system is successfully developed on a laboratory scale. The experimental results from single-pass aeration mode show that the dissolved oxygen concentration in deoxygenate water reaches up to 95 % or higher, as compared with the saturation concentrations of the dissolved oxygen while using this novel aeration system. Meanwhile, an increase in oxygen mass transfer rate by 30% can be achieved in comparison with conventional aeration system. Moreover, the volumetric mass transfer coefficient for liquid film-forming apparatus (KLal) is found to be as much as 5 times higher than that for water surface in a conventional aeration test.
