van Baten, J. M. ; Ellenberger, J. ; Krishna, R. (2003) Hydrodynamics of internal air-lift reactors: experiments versus CFD simulations Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 42 (10). pp. 733-742. ISSN 0255-2701
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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0255-2701(02)00076-4
Abstract
The hydrodynamics of two configurations of internal airlift reactors, both with a riser diameter of 0.1 m, operating with an air-water system, have been experimentally investigated for a range of superficial gas velocities. The experimental results are compared with a model using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with Eulerian descriptions of the gas and liquid phases. Interactions between the bubbles and the liquid are taken into account by means of a momentum exchange, or drag, coefficient based on a literature correlation. The turbulence in the liquid phase is described using the k-ε model. The CFD model shows excellent agreement with the measured data on gas holdup, liquid velocity in the downcomer and in the riser. The developed CFD model has the potential of being applied as a tool for scaling up.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Airlift Reactor; Gas Hold-up; Scale Effects; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Liquid Circulations |
ID Code: | 65425 |
Deposited On: | 17 Oct 2011 03:18 |
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2011 03:18 |
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