Wu, K-J;
Nappo, V;
Kuhn, S;
(2015)
Hydrodynamic Study of Single- and Two-Phase Flow in an Advanced-Flow Reactor.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
, 54
(30)
pp. 7554-7564.
10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01444.
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Abstract
The hydrodynamics of the G1 fluidic module of the Corning Advanced-Flow reactor (AFR) was characterized using particle image velocimetry. Two series of experiments, single-phase flow with liquid flow rates of 10–40 mL/min and two-phase flow with an identical overall flow rate range and gas volume transport fractions ranging from 0.125 to 0.50, were performed. From the instantaneous velocity vector maps, the mean and the root-mean-square velocities were computed, which allowed a systematic investigation of the single- and two-phase flow hydrodynamics and transport processes in the AFR. In single-phase flow, the velocity field is symmetric in the heart-shaped cells, and their particular design results in a stagnation zone that limits momentum exchange in each cell. The addition of the gas phase greatly increases the momentum exchange in the heart-shaped cells, which leads to a more uniform distribution of velocity fluctuations and increased transport processes within the AFR.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hydrodynamic Study of Single- and Two-Phase Flow in an Advanced-Flow Reactor |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01444 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01444 |
| Additional information: | © 2015 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472659 |
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