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PP-II-47On the procession of experimental data on the three-phase granular layer(Fig. 1b), we suggested that the gas-liquid emulsion filtrated through the granularlayer with an effective density. Based on the law of conservation of angularmomentum we suggest an equation for calculating rotation rate/speed of a granularlayer in vortex apparatuses, which qualitatively and quantitatively accesses theexperimental data, the accuracy being ±15%.Fig. 2. a)Volumetric packing; b) Schematic of the vortex apparatus with avolumetric wire packingAs an example we present a schematic of the vortex apparatus with a solid phasemade of a wire packing (Fig. 2a). If volumetric packing 5 is connected with specialdesignedaxle 9, mounted on the bearings (Fig. 2b), it is possible to completelyprevent contacts between the packing and the vortex apparatus surfaces. Wederived a number of equations for calculating rotation rates of three-phase layers andpressure drops in the vortex apparatuses supplied with a low volume packing.Our work data can be used for calculating and designing novel multiphase vortexapparatuses characterized by high (operation) intensity, small dimensions and metalconsumption/weight/steel intensity.420