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Agitator vessels are taller than bubble columns.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

The doubt is from Unit Operations in portion Equilibrium Stage Operations, Unit Operations – Extraction, Crystallization and Filteration of Food Engineering

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The correct answer is (b) False

The explanation is: Agitator vessels are shorter than bubble columns because they’ve mechanical agitation. Also, they’ve small bubble sizes which have a low rise velocity and hence more contact time is available.

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