Wu, K-J orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-5449, Nappo, V and Kuhn, S (2015) Hydrodynamic Study of Single- and Two-Phase Flow in an Advanced-Flow Reactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 54 (30). pp. 7554-7564. ISSN 0888-5885
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.
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Copyright, Publisher and 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. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2019 15:39 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2019 15:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01444 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142117 |