Question

What is basic principle behind packed towers?

(a) By gravity

(b) By centrifugal forces

(c) By centrifugal forces and size of the particle

(d) By centrifugal forces and gravity

I had been asked this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

I need to ask this question from Contact Equilibrium Separation Process in section Contact Equilibrium Separation Process of Food Processing Unit Operations

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) By gravity

The explanation is: Packed columns always have nozzles for the initial distribution of each phase and droplets are present. Thus packed towers are considered as droplet extractors.