Mixing in Bubble Column Reactors: Role of Unsteady Flow Structures
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Abstract Gas‐liquid flows in bubble column reactors are inherently unsteady. In the present work, we have characterized dynamics of gas‐liquid flow in rectangular bubble columns and studied the role of unsteady flow structures in liquid phase mixing using experiments and CFD simulations. The need for considering the unsteady nature of gas‐liquid flows was demonstrated by using mixing simulations carried out with transient and time‐averaged flow. A new methodology of using a computationally amenable 'multiple snapshots' approach, which can adequately account for dynamics of underlying flow, is proposed. CFD simulations were carried out to study the influence of superficial gas velocity and height‐to‐width ratio on mixing time. The predictions were compared with mixing time measured using conductivity probes. The present work gives useful insights into the mixing process in inherently unsteady flows.
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- Authors
- Buwa, V. V., & Ranade, V. V.
- Affiliations
- National Chemical Laboratory (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Ranade, Vivek V.
- Venue
- The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 402-411
- ISSN
- 0008-4034 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-019X
- OpenAlex
- W2006275796
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Granular flow and fluidized beds
- Keywords
- bubble column, gas-liquid mixing, unsteady flow structures, mixing time, superficial gas velocity, height-to-width ratio, conductivity probe
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