Abstract

In mathematical models for a pulsed perforated-plate column, the dispersed phase holdup has been considered to be uniform throughout the length of the column, but fairly recently it is treated as being nonuniform.In the previous paper, the axial holdup data were obtained in the dispersed aqueous and the dispersed organic modes. Experimental results showed that the axial holdup data become nonuniform throughout the column. It was also found that both of the plate type and the operation mode affected the axial holdup distribution.The present work is an attempt to formulate the axial holdup by means of a heuristic selforganization method that provides a nonlinear prediction model of complex system, since the holdup data did not directly show so significant trend as to formulate the axial holdup. The Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) is used for this purpose. The GMDH can be used fbr selection and synthesis of input variables concerned with the axial holdup for the pulsed perforated-plate column. The axial holdup data have been successfully correlated and the identification models could be useful in discussing mathematical models.

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