| To address the issues of severe mist entrainment, limited processing capacity and complex structure of existing swirl trays at high gas velocities, a new type of straight plate with perforated straight-blade swirl tray (PSST) was proposed based on the conventional swirl tray. Using water-air as the working medium, the effects of the overlap degree ε and the diameter D? of the central liquid outlet on the gas outlet area A?, as well as the blade angle α on the pressure drop, liquid circulation rate and weeping point of PSST were experimentally investigated. The results show that both the dry and wet plate pressure drops of PSST increase with the increase of the kinetic energy factor F of the perforated plate and decrease with the increase of A?. The dry plate pressure drop increases with the decrease of α, and the influence of ε on the dry plate pressure drop is greater than that of D?. Under all conditions, the wet plate pressure drop is higher than that of the dry plate. When ε is changed, the pressure drop of the wet plate with A? of 115 mm2 increases by about 33% compared to the dry plate, which is the largest increase, and the increase with A? of 85 mm2 is the smallest, about 22%. When D? is changed, the increase with A? of 85 mm2 is the largest, about 33%, and the increase with A? of 115 mm2 is the smallest, about 20%. The pressure drop of the wet plate varies slightly under different α. The liquid circulation rate increases first and then decreases with the F factor. When ε is changed, the circulation rate with A? of 115 mm2 is the highest and that with A? of 85 mm2 is the lowest. When D? is changed, the circulation rate with A? of 85 mm2 is the highest and that with A? of 115 mm2 is the lowest. The peak circulation rate is the highest when α is 45°. Regardless of whether ε or D? is changed, the weeping point gas velocity is the lowest when A? is 115 mm2. The weeping point gas velocity is the lowest when α is 45°. |